Lo Toon v. Territory of Hawaii

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

HATCH, J.

This is a writ of error to the circuit court of the fourth circuit. The plaintiff in error was convicted at the November term, 1903, of the circuit court of the fourth judicial circuit of' an assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to commit murder upon one Anama. Three assignments of error are here relied upon. As stated in the brief of the plaintiff in error they are as follows: Eirst, no intent to commit murder was shown by the evidence. Second, mistakes in interpretation from Chinese to English were allowed to go to the jury uncorrected over-defendant’s…