State v. Burgess

The defendant, Burgess, was charged, and upon thé verdict of a jury adjudged guilty, by the superior court for Spokane county, of the offense of being a “jointist,” under the Laws of 1917, p. 60, § 17h, the language of which, so far as necessary to be here noticed, is as follows:

“Any person who opens up, conducts or maintains, either as principal or agent, any place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, be and. hereby is defined to be a ‘jointist.’ Any person who carries about with him intoxicating liquor for the purpose of the unlawful sale of the same be and hereby is defined to be…