Territory of Hawaii v. Koa Gora

The defendant in the circuit court on appeal from the district court was tried, jury waived, and found guilty of two offenses: lascivious conduct and selling intoxicating liquor without a license. The cases were consolidated for trial and the instant writs are combined for appellate review.

The assignments of error upon which the defendant relies attack the sufficiency of the charges made in the circuit court by alleging that neither charge informed the defendant with adequate particularity of the “nature and cause of the accusation” as required by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution,…