State v. Goforth

— The defendant, Goforth, was, by information filed in the superior court for Cowlitz county, charged with the offense of being a bootlegger, as follows:

“He, the said William Goforth, on or about the 31st day of March, 1922, A. D., in the county of Cowlitz, state of Washington, then and there being, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously carry about with him intoxicating liquor, to wit: moonshine whiskey, the same to be used as a beverage for the purpose of the unlawful sale thereof.”

*57A trial in that court resulted in verdict and judgment of conviction being rendered against…