Territory v. Lewis

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

CIRCUIT JUDGE SAPIENZA.

Defendant was convicted by tbe court below of tbe crime of assault and battery with intent to disfigure another and sentenced to a term not to exceed the maximum period of ten years at Oahu Prison.

The assignment of errors • relied upon challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict of guilty, and alleges error (1) in the refusal to permit cross examination of a government witness concerning his drinking and habitual intemperance, both before and during the commission of the offense; (2) in admitting in evidence certain…