The Queen v. San Tana

Opinion of the Court, by

Bickerton, J.

Tbe case came on for bearing at tbe. May term, 1892, of tbe Circuit Court of tbe Third Judicial Circuit, held at Hilo, Hawaii, before tbe Chief Justice and a jury. After tbe close of *107tbe evidence, the Court refused to instruct the jury to acquit the defendant, as requested by defendant’s counsel, but instructed them to find him guilty, “ as, by his own admissions, he had violated the statute, Section 2, Chapter 67, of the Laws of 1888, in procuring orders for spirituous liquors, to be sent to H. Congdon & Co., with the intent that the same be supplied to…