In re Brito

Opinion of the Court, by

Judd, C.J.

The case comes to us upon questions reserved by Mr. Justice Preston, as follows:

1. Does the mittimus disclose any offense for which the prisoner may be punished ?

2. If yes ; is the punishment inflicted upon the prisoner legal under the statute of the last session of the Legislature, regulating the importation and sale of opium ?

The mittimus in question is from the Police Court of Honolulu, dated 16th March, 1887. It is entitled in the usual way, addressed to the Marshal, and recites that whereas Manuel Brito has this day been convicted in our Police Court of…