Hawaii Supreme Court January 15, 1889 (The King v. Akana)

Opinion of the Court by

Dole, J.

The prisoner was on trial for the nrarder of a man named Ah Sing or Ah Sin, who had been living at the same house with him in South Kona, on the Island of Hawaii. A few days before the death of Ah Sing, the prisoner moved to another house in the neighborhood with his wife.