Government of Guam v. Collver

*35OPINION

This is an appeal from a conviction for gambling from the Island Court of Guam. We sit as an appellate court under the authority of Part I, Title I, Chapter II of the Guam code of Civil,Procedure and Public Law 85-444, 85th Congress, approved June 4, 1958, 72 Stat. 179. The Trust Territory justices were duly assigned by the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit under the authority vested in him by P.L. 85-444.

We deal with this appeal at some length because the question presented concerns the right of Guam residents to be free from unlawful arrest,…