State v. Danz

— Simon Danz and S. D. Maine were jointly charged with the crime of operating a lottery. They were tried together, convicted, fined, but no costs imposed, and have appealed.

Appellant Danz operated a moving picture show in Seattle known as the Hollywood Theatre, situated in a residential district. Appellant Maine was associated with him in the distribution of groceries or other personal property of value from the stage of the theatre once each week. The property distributed cost the theatre nothing but was collected by Maine from various stores whose compensation was derived from'having their…