Oriemon v. Territory of Hawaii

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

GALBRAITH, J.

At tbe July, 1900, term of tbe Circuit Court of tbe Fourth Circuit, tbe plaintiff iu error was convicted of tbe crime of murder in tbe first degree, and was sentenced to suffer tbe death penalty in tbe manner provided by law, on tbe 21st day of September, 1900. A writ of babeas corpus was sued out from *414this court in Ms bebalf and a stay of execution granted. After hearing and argument, at the September term, tbe writ was demed and tbe prisoner remanded (13 Haw.' 102). A writ of error was then issued and tbe cause stood for bearing at tbe December term of…