Abad v. Territory of Hawaii

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

This is a criminal appeal taken from a judgment of the Supreme Court for the Territory of Hawaii, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1293.

Appellants claim that the Supreme Court violated the Hawaiian law in sustaining the trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial and that in so doing it violated the Federal Constitution or federal law.

Appellants were convicted of the crime of robbery in the second degree and were each sentenced to a term of twenty years in prison. No question is raised concerning the validity of their trial and conviction, the sole question on the appeal being…