TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. SHISHIDO

NO. 2825.

39 Haw. 265 (1952)

THE TERRITORY OF HAWAII v. MOTOKICHI SHISHIDO.

Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Decided February 26, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.C. Tsukiyama (also on the briefs) for appellant.

A.R. Hawkins, Public Prosecutor (C.M. Hite, then Public Prosecutor, with him on the brief), for appellee.

LE BARON AND STAINBACK, JJ., AND CIRCUIT JUDGE BROWN IN PLACE OF TOWSE, C.J., DISQUALIFIED.


OPINION OF THE COURT BY LE BARON, J.

The defendant was tried and convicted for the crime of abortion under an indictment charging him with committing that crime in 1949 by forcing an instrument and a noxious substance into the womb of a certain woman. He appeals by way of a bill of exceptions.

The exceptions present but one question of law pertaining to the cross examination of the defendant, over his objection, directed to evidence or details of a former...

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