Legal Opinion
State v. Jones
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 15, 1911No. 9684PublishedCited by 2 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Kellogg, J., entered April 7, 1911, dismissing a prosecution for violation of the local option law, upon sustaining a demurrer to the information.
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, J.
Appeal by the state from an order sustaining a demurrer to an information charging a violation of what is commonly known as the local option law of 1909. Laws 1909, p. 153; Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6292 et seq. The charging part of the information material to the point submitted is:
“The said W. C. Jones at Ferndale, Whatcom county, Washington, on or about January 26, 1911, did wilfully and unlawfully give away to an adult person intoxicating liquor on the public streets of Ferndale, Washington, the said giving away being within a unit in which the giving away of intoxicating liquor was prohibited…
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