TERRITORY v. MARTELES

No. 2704.

38 Haw. 305 (1949)

TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. HELEN MARTELES.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

Decided March 5, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.R. Desha, Assistant Public Prosecutor, for the motion.

M.L. Heen and B. Houston, contra.

KEMP, C.J., PETERS AND LE BARON, JJ.


Per Curiam.

From the record in the above case it appears that on December 18, 1946, the defendant, on her plea of guilty to a charge of prostitution, was sentenced to serve thirty days in jail by a district magistrate of Honolulu. The defendant appealed to the circuit court for mitigation of sentence. On April 14, 1947, the circuit court, after a hearing, sentenced the defendant to serve one year in jail and to pay a fine of $100, costs remitted; execution...

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