OPINION OF THE COURT BY LEVINSON, J.
The protracted litigation in this case began when a Honolulu district magistrate found the defendant-appellant guilty of contempt of court on September 22, 1965, for failing to appear in court in response to a penal summons. The sentence imposed was ten days' confinement in jail.
The conviction was thereafter unsuccessfully appealed to the circuit court and to this court, and a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme...
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