Territory of Hawaii v. Kinoshita

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

CRISTY, J.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction of the crime of indecent assault.

Section 11666, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945, defines the crime as follows: “Whoever takes indecent and improper liberties with the person of a female child under the age of twelve years without committing or intending to commit the crime of rape shall be deemed guilty of indecent assault and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment at hard labor for not more than five years or both.”

The plaintiff in error,…