State v. Ryan

Jack Ryan, Grace Pierson, and Catherine Carmody were charged by information with the crime of being jointists. Catherine Carmody was acquitted. The other two defendants were convicted. Motion for a new trial being made and overruled, they gave notice of appeal. Shortly thereafter, Grace Pier-son died, leaving Ryan to prosecute this appeal aloné.

From the evidence the jury were warranted in finding the following facts: That for approximately seven years prior to and on March 3, 1930, appellant, an unmarried man, was the proprietor of the Jewel Hotel located at Spokane, "Washington. This hotel…