Massie Trial

The Massie Trial for what was known as the Massie Affair, was a 1932 criminal trial that took place in Honolulu, Hawaii. Grace Hubbard Fortescue, along with several accomplices, was charged with murder in the death of well known local prizefighter Joseph Kahahawai. Fortescue was the mother of Thalia Massie, who had brought charges that Kahahawai was one of a group of men that had raped her.

Read more about Massie Trial:  Background, Territory of Hawaii V. Ben Ahakuelo Et Al., Territory of Hawaii V. Grace Fortescue, Et Al., In Popular Culture, 2006 Mock Trial, Family Tree

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