The King v. Joe

Opinion op the Court, by

Judd, C.J.

The defendants were at the last term of this Court convicted by the jury, on their appeal, on a charge of violating Chapter 40 of the Laws of 1886, by being found by night without lawful excuse in or upon the enclosed yard or houses of the Kapiolani Home in Honolulu. At the close of the case for the prosecution, the defendants’ counsel moved the Court to discharge the defendants on the following grounds :(1) That the law under which the defendants are charged is unconstitutional.(2) That there is no evidence that either or both of the defendants are vagrants,…