State ex rel. Hall v. Wicker
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Cowlitz county, McCredie, J., entered September 7, 1909, granting a change of venue in a prosecution for the violation of a city ordinance, upon reviewing on certiorari an order of a police justice denying defendant’s motion therefor.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
On July 10, 1909, a criminal prosecution was instituted before E. F. Wicker, police justice of Kalama, a city of the fourth class, charging J. S. Hall with the violation of a city ordinance. Upon arraignment the defendant *239filed Ms motion for a change of venue, supported by affidavit. The motion was denied, and the police justice, against the defendant’s protest and without further appearance by him, admitted evidence, adjudged him guilty, and imposed a fine. Thereupon he applied to the superior court of Cowlitz county for a writ of certiorari to review the order refusing the change of venue.…
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