State ex rel. Lyon v. Police Court
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from an order of the superior court for Chehalis county, Irwin, J,. entered August 11, 1908, denying a writ of prohibition to restrain a prosecution for the violation of a city ordinance, after a trial on the merits before the court.
1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.
On August 8, 1908, the appellants applied to the superior court of Chehalis county for a writ of prohibition, averring that they had been charged with the offense of violating an ordinance of the city of Hoquiam, a city of the second class, and had been brought before one Seth Warren, police judge of that city, for trial; that the ordinance which they were accused of violating was unconstitutional and void and too uncertain in its terms to be en*362forced; that when they were brought before the police judge they entered a plea of not guilty to the offense charged, and moved the court for a change…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Miller v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- State ex rel. Wyman, Partridge & Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1905
- State ex rel. McCalley v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1909
3Cited by6 opinions
- State Ex Rel. O'Brien v. Police CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1942
- Skeen v. District Court of the Fifth Judicial DistrictIdaho Supreme Court · 1916
- State v. HouserCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1976
- State Ex Rel. Sibbald v. HuntingtonWashington Supreme Court · 1939
- State Ex Rel. Moore v. HouserWashington Supreme Court · 1978
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