Palakiko v. County of Maui

OPINION OP THE COURT BY

QUARLES, J.

The plaintiff commenced this action in the district court of Wailuku to recover from the defendant county $30 deposited as cash bail in a criminal case and which was forfeited and paid into the county treasury. The case was submitted on a stipulation of facts wherein it appears that the plaintiff, who is an unmarried man, and a certain married woman were lawfully arrested by the deputy sheriff of Hana on the 22d day of March, 1915, upon the charge of adultery, whereupon the plaintiff inquired the amount of bail desired, and, upon being told by the deputy…