State Ex Rel. Getman v. Webster

v is an application for a writ prohibiting the trial court from proceeding further in a cause because it is claimed that the court had no jurisdiction thereof.

LeRoy Getman, the relator, was charged by two complaints filed in the justice of the peace court at Spokane, one of the charges being that he wilfully, unlawfully contributed to the delinquency of minors under the age of sixteen years by supplying them with intoxicating liquor. The other charge was that Get-man sold intoxicating liquor, other than beer and wine, by the bottle. The cases were tried together in the justice’s court before…