§806-48  Postponement.  No person
prosecuted shall be entitled as of right to traverse or postpone the trial of
any indictment preferred against the person, or to have time to plead or demur
to the indictment allowed the person; provided always that if the court before
which any person is indicted upon the application of the person or otherwise,
is of opinion that the person ought to be allowed a further time to plead, or
demur, or to prepare for the person's defense, or otherwise, the court may
grant further time to plead, or demur, or may adjourn the receiving or taking
of the plea, or demurrer, and the trial (or as the case may be) of the person
to the next or any subsequent term of the court, and upon such terms as to bail
or otherwise as to the court shall seem meet. [L 1876, c 40, §34; RL 1925,
§4069; RL 1935, §5518; RL 1945, §10821; RL 1955, §258-31; HRS §711-48; ren L
1972, c 9, pt of §1; gen ch 1985]



 



Rules of Court



 



  See HRPP rule 45(b).  Motion in lieu of demurrer, see HRPP
rule 12(a).



 



Case Notes



 



  See 3 H. 90; 33 H. 113; 40 H. 79, aff'd 210 F.2d 552.