Territory v. Barques

Citations

• 25 Haw. 521
• 1920 Haw. LEXIS 34

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law — verdict—sufficiency of evidence to sustain.</p> <p>Where in a criminal prosecution the jury upon evidence which the law recognizes as sufficient finds the defendant guilty it is beyond the province of this court to disturb the verdict.</p> <p>Same — same—same.</p> <p>The question for our determination is not whether we would or would not have convicted the defendant upon the evidence as disclosed by the record before us but whether there was evidence sufficient to support the verdict as returned.</p>