State v. Mavrikas

This proceeding was commenced in the superior court for King county, by the petition of the supervisor of fisheries on behalf of the state, seeking a judgment confiscating to the state a motor boat and its appliances owned by the defendant, Mavrikas, and unlawfully used by him in fishing in Puget Sound, in Bang county. Trial upon the merits in that court, sitting without a jury, resulted in findings and judgment denying to the state the relief prayed for, from which it has appealed to this court.

As we view this case, the controlling facts are stated in the findings of the court, and may be…