Territory v. Rodrigues

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

PERRY, C. J.

In the district court of Honolulu the charge was entered against the defendant that “on the 30th day of April, 1927,” she violated section 4492 of the Revised Laws of 1925 by being a vagrant “in that she was a common prostitute”. She waived examination and demanded a jury trial. Subsequently the case came on for trial in the circuit court and there, upon motion of the prosecu tion and against the objection of the defendant, the charge was amended so as to show that the time of the commission of the offense was “on the 30th day of April, A. D. 1927, and for…