ยง803-4ย  On suspicion.ย  Whenever a crime
is committed, and the offenders are unknown, and any person is found near the
place where the crime was committed, either endeavoring to conceal oneself, or
endeavoring to escape, or under such other circumstances as to justify a
reasonable suspicion of the person being the offender, the person may be
arrested without warrant. [PC 1869, c 49, ยง4; RL 1925, ยง3970; RL 1935, ยง5403;
RL 1945, ยง10704; RL 1955, ยง255-4; HRS ยง708-4; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of ยง1; gen ch
1985]



 



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ย  See Const. Art. I, ยง7.



 



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ย  Held legal.ย  22 H. 597.