Territory of Hawaii v. Santiago

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

STAINBACK, J.

Upon information by the public prosecutor, appellants were charged with violation of section 11343, Revised Laws of Hawaii 1945 (R. L. H. 1955, § 288-4), in that they played a certain game of dice wherein money of the United States was won and lost. They entered a plea of not guilty and demanded a jury trial. After trial before a jury, there was a verdict of guilty as to all three appellants. The appeal to this court followed.

A witness for the prosecution, Tsugio Kushiyama, testified that he met one of the defendants, Benjamin Santiago, a man he had known…