State ex rel. Poul v. McLain

This is an original application for a writ of habeas corpus, which was presented to this court after a denial of the application by Judge Cowan, of the second judicial district, wherein the petitioner is confined. It appears from the petition that on December 12, 1904, one George W. Frame, a justice of the peace of Pierce county, issued’ a warrant for the arrest of this petitioner on a charge of maintaining a common nuisance, which warrant was issued upon a complaint made and filed1 by B. L. Schuman, the state’s attorney of that county. The facts constituting the crime charged are stated upon…