Territory of Hawaii v. Tam

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PETERS, J.

This is a criminal prosecution for the violation of the provision of R. L. H. 1935, § 6283, usually referred to as the “hit-and-run” statute. It is quoted in the margin. R. L. H. 1935, § 6284, as amended by Haw. Laws 1935, ser. C-125, Act 11, § 1, prescribes the penalty for its violation. The original Act of the legislature, of which, as subsequently amended, sections 6283 and 6284 are the consolidation, was enacted at the regular 1913 session.

The indictment against the defendant charges him, as the driver of an automobile which had come into collision on a…