Provisional Government v. Sakuhachi

Opinion of the Court, by

Judd, C.J.

The defendant was convicted at the last term of the Circuit Court, Second Circuit, of the offense of distilling spirituous liquor without a license. He excepts to the verdict convicting him ou the ground that it was contrary to law and evidence. The facts in brief are that a quantity of recently distilled spirits with some fermented rice and a “box,” which was apparently the distilling apparatus or a part of it, were found by police officers in defendant’s house and ou his *388premises, in Paia, district of Makawao, Maui. There were in the house, at the time of…