Soga v. Jarrett

Citations

• 3 D. Haw. 502

Syllabus

<p>Territorial courts of Hawaii — delation of same to federal court in Hawaii: The relation between the Hawaiian territorial courts and the federal court in Hawaii is substantially the same as that existing between the state courts and the federal circuit and district courts within the same territorial limits.</p> <p>Habeas corpus — Jurisdiction of federal court where petitioner is in custody under judgment of territorial court: Where a prisoner is in custody under a void judgment of a territorial court this court has jurisdiction to release him upon habeas corpus.</p> <p>Same — JSxereise of jurisdiction: But this court ought not to exereise its jurisdiction except in exceptional or peculiarly urgent. cases, and the mere fact that a petitioner is deprived of his liberty in violation of his rights under the federal Constitution does not necessarily make out an exceptional case nor one of peculiar urgency.</p>