State v. Martin
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Walla Walla county, Mills, J., entered March 6, 1916, ordering the return of intoxicating liquors seized, after a hearing before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtBausman, J.
Proceeding under the initiated act (Laws 1915, p. 2; Rem. 1915 Code, § 6262-1 et seq.) relating to intoxicating liquors, the sheriff found and seized an excess quantity upon the premises of one Martin who, in answer to the return, alleged himself lawfully entitled to keep them as a registered pharmacist. Upon a hearing the lower court ordered them returned to him.
It appeared that Martin had bought the liquor before the statute went into effect, but that, though registered as a *367druggist or pharmacist, he was neither then nor since actually engaged in that business. Asserting a right to keep…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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