State v. Neitzel
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county. Sullivan, J., entered September 12, 1911, upon a trial and conviction of vagrancy.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The defendant was convicted of vagrancy, under a statute which provides: “Every person who asks or receives any compensation, gratuity or reward for practicing fortune telling, palmistry or clairvoyance ... is a vagrant.” Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2688. He has appealed from a judgment based upon the verdict of a jury.
The evidence shows that the prosecuting witness was a police officer in the city of Spokane. He went to the defendant’s office and requested the defendant to tell his fortune. The defendant replied that he could not tell his fortune, but that he could “figure it out,” and that his…
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