State v. Guerzon

Maxine Guerzon, a white girl, and Alfred B. Moore, a negro, were jointly informed against by the prosecuting attorney of King county on a charge of assault in the first degree alleged to have been committed on one Jesus Raby Crisustomo, a Filipino, in the early morning of August 22, 1944, in King county, Washington. To this information, both defendants entered pleas of not guilty. They were tried and convicted by a jury, and judgment and sentence upon the verdict was pronounced by the court. Maxine Guerzon appeals.

Amore Guerzon, the Filipino husband of appellant, and Crisustomo, who will for…