Republic of Hawaii v. Kum Lee

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

WHITING, J.

Appeal, on points of law, by defendant from a conviction, before tbe District Magistrate of Honolulu, on a charge of misdemeanor for unlawfully carrying on tbe business of laundry keeping and washing for hire within the limits of the city of Honolulu, the same not being carried on in a building founded for such purposes, violating Sec. 3, Act 4, Laws of 1896.

Act 4, Laws of 1896, amends Secs. 1 and 3 of an Act entitled “An Act relating to Laundries and Wash Houses,” Chap. 8, Laws of 1880.

Section 1 (amended), “It shall be lawful for, and the Minister of the…