Territory v. Overbay

Citations

• 23 Haw. 91
• 1915 Haw. LEXIS 3

Syllabus

<p>Statutes — code or revision — construction.</p> <p>In case of ambiguity or repugnancy in a code or revision of laws tbe original legislation may be referred to as an aid to correct interpretation. Statutes carried into a revision retain their original effect unless an intent to make a change is clear, and in case of a repugnancy the later original enactment will prevail over the earlier.</p> <p>Same — Sec. 8937 R. L. 1915 construed.</p> <p>The words “at hard labor” in lines 7 and 8, Sec. 3937 R. L. 1915, held to be inoperative in view of the provisions of sections 1461, 1771 and 1772.</p> <p>Embezzlement — district courts — jurisdiction.</p> <p>The offense of embezzlement where the value of the property involved amounts to $20 but is less than $100 is not an infamous offense. A district court has jurisdiction to hear and determine a charge of such offense subject to appeal to the circuit court in the absence of a demand for a jury trial in the first instance.</p>