State v. Waymire
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. The defendants, Belle Waymire and E. E. Radding, were indicted, tried and convicted upon an information charging them with an indecent and immoral act, . in violation of Section 1930, B. & C. Comp., and from the judgment and sentence that followed, they appeal. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean.
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From Multnomah: Calvin U. Gantenbein, Judge. The defendants, Belle Waymire and E. E. Radding, were indicted, tried and convicted upon an information charging them with an indecent and immoral act, . in violation of Section 1930, B. & C. Comp., and from the judgment and sentence that followed, they appeal. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Bean. The charging part of the information is as follows: “That during all the times hereinafter mentioned, the city of Portland, in the county of Multnomah, and State of Oregon, was a municipal corporation, existing in said State. That Harry Lane was at all of…
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Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bean.
1. It is contended that the acts charged in the indictment do not constitute a crime within the meaning of the statute under which the information was filed, and which provides “that if any person shall willfully and wrongfully commit any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or which openly outrages the public decency and is injurious to public morals, such person, if no punishment is expressly prescribed therefor *285by this Code, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Sahlinger v. PeopleIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
- State v. WaySupreme Court of Kansas · 1907
- State v. NeaseOregon Supreme Court · 1905
- Commonwealth v. McCarthyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- State v. AyersOregon Supreme Court · 1907
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3Cited by28 opinions
- State v. LaundyOregon Supreme Court · 1922
- State of Oregon v. DeweyOregon Supreme Court · 1956
- In Re DavisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- State v. AnthonyOregon Supreme Court · 1946
- Multnomah County Fair Ass'n v. LangleyOregon Supreme Court · 1932
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