State v. Kroenert

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dunbar, J.

The appellant was convicted in the superior court of Chehalis county of permitting sawdust to be cast into the Chehalis river, said river being alleged to be a stream in the State of Washington where fish resorted to spawn. The contention of the appellant is that the evidence is not sufficient to justify the verdict. The evidence may not have been of the most convincing kind, but its sufficiency having been passed upon by the trial judge, who refused the appellant’s motion for a non-suit, and by the jury who-were sworn to try the cause, we do…