Wong Goon Let v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Territory of Hawaii; Horace W. Vaughan, Judge. Wong Goon Let was convicted of crime, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
Wong Goon Let, alleged to be married to Wuai Kam Let, was convicted in Hawaii of adultery with one Kum *746Sing Hee, and asks reversal upon the grounds of the prejudice of the judge who presided at the trial, insufficiency of the evidence to warrant conviction, and variance between the allegations of the indictment and proof.
[1] Prejudice of the judge is based upon the following incidents: Upon the trial, the woman, Kum Sing Hee, who gave her age as 21, was called to testify. The record does not disclose that the woman was crying, but states that the court told her that no one…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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