State v. Helmer

-The defendant, Helmer, was, by information filed in the superior court for King county, charged as follows:

“He, said John Helmer, in the county of King, state of Washington, on the 23rd day of July, A. D. 1930, unlawfully and feloniously did have in his possession a certain narcotic drug, to-wit, 130 grains of cocaine, which narcotic drug had been theretofore unlawfully acquired by him, the said John Helmer.”

Helmer, being duly arraigned, pleaded not guilty. Thereupon the cause proceeded to trial before the court, sitting with a jury, resulting in a verdict finding him guilty as charged.…