Territory v. Pupuhi

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

COKE, C. J.

The defendant-appellant was indicted, tried and convicted in the circuit court of the second judicial circuit for the crime of gross cheat. The indictment charges that “Sam Pupuhi at Kokomo in the County of Maui, Territory of Hawaii, on to-wit the 10th to the 19th day of April, 1916, inclusive, did designedly, by false pretenses, and with intent to defraud, obtain from others, to wit, Joe Boteilho, John de Costa, Antone S. Madeira and Joe Antone Rodrigues, money of the amount and value to wit twenty-five hundred dollars.” To this indictment the defendant…