Legal Opinion
Warren v. Territory of Hawaii
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1941No. 9506PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii affirming a judgment of the Circuit Court of the First Circuit of the Territory of Hawaii of conviction for manslaughter by the procuress of a house of prostitution in Honolulu, who caused the death by electrocution of a police officer in the course of an attempt by the Honolulu Police Department to suppress that institution.
The mores of Hawaii proscribed such an institution and made its maintenance a misdemeanor. * It was particularly a menace as a place for the dissemination of venereal…
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- Lambert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1922
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3Cited by14 opinions
- James Whiting v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
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