Territory of Hawaii v. Savidge

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

PERRY, J.

The defendants were tried before a jury upon a charge of assault and battery and convicted. The hill sets forth a number of exceptions.

The case for the prosecution was, briefly, that one Kamakee (w), the complaining witness, was in possession of a certain dwelling-house and land situate in Honolulu and that the defendants entered upon and forcibly removed her from the premises and dispossessed her. The evidence adduced, while it would support- a finding that the defendants used force in removing *287the complaining witness, would not support a finding that they or…