Territory v. Kimbrel

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. .1.

The defendant was convicted by a jury under a charge that she did at Honolulu “on the 1st day of August, A. D. 1928, unlawfully keep for the purpose of prostitution, to-wit: a certain house, known as the Plaza Hotel, situated at #1470 Fort Street, in said Honolulu, maintain a common nuisance and did then and there and thereby violate the provisions of section 4451 of the Revised Laws of Hawaii, 1925.”

One of the contentions advanced under the bill of exceptions is that this charge does not set forth an offense in violation of section 4451. That section…