Afong v. Kale

Opinion oe the'Court, by

Judd, C.J.

The defendant was arrested by warrant of the Police Justice of Honolulu, charged wdth refusing to work according to the terms of a written contract of labor between him and Mr. C. Afong, his employer, plaintiff. The Police Justice, on the 24th October, 1888, ordered the defendant to return to the labor of his employer on Hawaii, or be imprisoned until he consented so to do. On the 31st October the Police Justice signed a certificate which, after reciting the judgment, stated that an appeal from the said judgment was duly noted by the said defendant to the…