The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-07
new PENAL CODE
Its Use for Reference Is to Be
Authorized By Statute.
THE WORK IS COMMENDED
Meeting of the Honolulu Bar AS
sociation-Report of the Com
mittee-ClrcuitC Court Judges.

A meeting Of the members Of the
Bar for the purpose of considering the
compilation of the Penal Laws by S.
NJ. Ballou was held in the Office Of the
Attorney-GeneraI yesterday afternoon.
The Attorney General presided and
of the committee to whom the matter
| had been referred as we'll as the most
| prominent attorneys of the city
The first business of the meeting was
the report Of the committee which was
as follows:
w. o. SMITH, Esq, Chairman of Ha-
waiian Bar Association.
Dear Sir:-Your committee, appoint
ed February 21st, 1898, for the purpose
of comparing the Penal Laws compiled
by S. NJ. BaIlou, Esq, and entitled,
''The Penal Laws of the Hawaiian ISL
ands, 1897 with the existing penal
statute laws, and also for the purpose
of ascertaining whether said Penal
Laws contain all the Penal Laws of |
this Republic, begs to report that said
Penal Laws contain and embrace. as
far as your Committee knows and has
been able to ascertain, all of the Penal |
Laws Of the Hawaiian Islands, and |
that with the exception of the follow |
ing matters said Penal Laws agree in |
manner and form with the Penal |
Statutes of the Hawaiian Islands.
EXCEPTIONS.
L. Sections 65, Sc and 81 of said
INOr mil 1n1 y
tions 65-67 of S. l.. 1895, Act 8, have |
been declared void and imperative; R.
vs.. Ii Shai 10 Haw. 262; we think the |
note should state that they have been |
so declared.
2. Section 2O5, Penal Laws. word |
to omitted. 1t should be as in Sec
ton 3, S. L. 1884, Chapter 81, shall
supply to the same" instead of shall |
supply the same" as in said Penal
Laws.
3. Section 324, Penal Laws. reads
''Or liable to be injured thereby"
should be ARE liable to be injured
thereby" See Penal Code, Oh. SO, Sec
ton 1.
4. Penal Laws, Section 425: All of
said Section has been repealed except
the last paragraph, which reads, "The
be prima facie evidence, etc" See
Govt. V. Sakuhachi, 9 Haw. 388. We
think the note should state that the
same has been so repealed.
3. Penal Laws, Section 541, reads
ito show that arms or munitions Of {
war" it should read as in P. G. Act
81, ito show that such arms or muni-
tions of war"
Spafi0r S1O Daro1 |
fee for granting marriage licenses to
be twenty-five cents. Should be zone
dollar as per S. L. 1886. Chapter 21 7
T. Penal Laws, Section 1917 reads !
and in default or payment" should f
read, "and in default of payment"
See S. l.. 1886, Chap. 10. Sec 6.
s. Penal Laws. Sec 1908, the fol-
lowing: and covered with inf1ammable
material for sign or any other pur- !
pose is left out. See S. L. 1886, Oh. {
2, Sec. f.
8. Penal Laws, Section 1894; the fol-
lowing: upon an order from the Min
lister Of the INTERIOR" is omitted See I
S. L. 1886. Oh. ., Sec. 5.
10. Penal Laws, Sec. 1249 refers to
Sec. 93S of Civil Laws; it should refer
to Sec. 94S of Civil Laws.
|
all laws which may have been declared
unconstitutional by the Supreme Court,
though not expressly repealed by the
Legislature. appear in said Penal Laws,
yet ii causes some confusion if nothing
appears in the note to show that such
action has been taken by the Supreme
Court.
Your Committee considers the com
piiation Of these Penal Laws as ,
most admirable work and rejecting
much credit upon the compiler, for the
accuracy and completeness with which
such work has been performed. '
Respectfully submitted, I
A. NJ BROWN.
a. ROSA
VIM. A. HENSHALL.
The report having been submitted
he committee presented two draft a
bills, one Of these making the compiIa- I
ion OF Attorney BalIou a reference