Legal Opinion
State v. Schuman
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 1915No. 13066PublishedCited by 51 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Smith, J., entered April 3, 1915, upon a trial and conviction of accepting the earnings of a prostitute.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The defendant, Schuman, a patrolman on the police force of the city of Seattle, was accused jointly with one Shea in an information charging that:
“They, said Charles Shea and Paul Schuman, and each of them, in the county of King, state of Washington, on the 8th day of February, 1915, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously accept the earnings of one Pearl Williams, she, said Pearl Williams, then and there being a common prostitute
He demanded and was accorded a separate trial. The prosecuting witness, Pearl Williams, testified in substance, that she was a common prostitute;…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- State v. WappensteinWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- State v. GiffordWashington Supreme Court · 1898
- State v. SurryWashington Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. StoneWashington Supreme Court · 1912
- State v. HazzardWashington Supreme Court · 1913
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3Cited by51 opinions
- State v. GoebelWashington Supreme Court · 1952
- Kellerher v. PorterWashington Supreme Court · 1948
- People v. WilliamsNew York Court of Appeals · 1959
- State v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1918
- State v. RiggleWyoming Supreme Court · 1956
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