State v. Friedlander

The appellant, Curtis Friedlander, was convicted in the superior court of Grays Harbor county by the verdict of a jury of the offense of encouraging, causing and contributing to, the delinquency of a female child of the age of sixteen years. The appeal is from the judgment pronounced upon the verdict.

The offense, as it is denounced by the statute [Rem. Comp. Stat., §1987-17], is a misdemeanor and is an offense of which a justice’s court and the superior court have concurrent jurisdiction. The offense, however, is punishable by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in…