§804-37  Offense in presence of district
judge.  Any district judge who is present when any offense accompanied with
violence is committed, may, without any other proof, order the offender to be
arrested, and compel the offender to give security in the manner above
directed, to refrain from the exercise of any illegal force. [PC 1869, c 47,
§6; RL 1925, §4002; RL 1935, §5456; RL 1945, §10756; RL 1955, §256-36; HRS
§709-37; am L 1970, c 188, §39; ren L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]