State v. Ragan

The appellant, Ragan, was informed against by the prosecuting attorney of Whatcom county for the crime of bootlegging. On a trial before a jury, he was found guilty of the crime charged, ad judged guilty by tbe court, and sentenced to a term in tbe penitentiary. For a reversal of tbe judgment and sentence, tbe appellant makes a number of contentions, which we shall notice in tbe order in which be presents them.

Tbe appellant, as tbe evidence on tbe part of tbe state tended to show, lives in tbe northern part of Whatcom county, near tbe international boundary line. He was suspected by tbe…