Legal Opinion
Territory v. Hoo Koon
Hawaii Supreme Court
Decided June 16, 1915PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Reserved Question from Circuit Court, First Circuit. Hon. O. W. Ashford, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
*598OPINION OF THE COURT BY
WATSON, J.
The petitioner in this proceeding, hereinafter designated the defendant, was on October 21, 1914, convicted and sentenced by the district magistrate of Honolulu on a charge of unlawfully having in his possession certain opium contrary to the provisions of Act 144 S. L. 1913 (Sec. 2075 R. L. 1915). That section provides as follows:
“Any person who shall use or smoke opium or have the same in his possession, except as provided in sections 2072 and 2074, shall bé guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars or more than…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Young v. Territory of HawaiiCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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