Legal Opinion

United States v. Wong Goon Let

District Court, D. Hawaii

Decided December 5, 1916Published

Indictment: On motion of defendant for directed verdict.

1Opinion of the CourtVaughan, J.

The defendant moves the court to instruct the jury to render a verdict of not guilty upon the ground *764that the evidence is insufficient to prove that there was carnal intercourse as alleged in the indictment, and upon the further ground that there is a variance between the name of the wife of the defendant as alleged in the indictment and her name as shown by the evidence.

As to the first ground: There is evidence that at about six o’clock P. M. on the 30th day of June, 1916,' the defendant, driving an automobile, came down Emma street in Honolulu to a Chinese store on said street just above…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MosierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1890
  2. Bodkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1914
  3. State v. SchaedlerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  4. Reynolds v. United StatesCourt Of Appeals Of Indian Territory · 1907
  5. Ramsey v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915

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