State v. Brumas

The appellant, Brumas, was found guilty by the verdict of a jury of the crime of maintaining and conducting a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors. The appeal is from the judgment and sentence pronounced upon the verdict.

The facts are not in serious dispute. The place the appellant was convicted of maintaining and conducting is known as the New Washington Hotel, and is situated in the city of Spokane. The hotel comprises the two upper stories of a three-story building, and has some fifty-eight rooms, numbered in the usual manner and fitted up for the use of guests. The license…