Territory v. Kiyoto Taketa

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

LINDSAY, J.

Defendant was charged before the district magistrate of Honolulu with violating Act 36, S. L. 1920, by teaching school without first having obtained a certificate from the department of public instruction. He demanded a trial by jury and waived examination, but such demand was refused. He then filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the district magistrate, claiming that the district magistrate ought not to have or take cognizance of the cause because he had demanded a trial by jury and waived examination, and that he was entitled to a trial by jury under Article…