State v. Smith

The defendants were charged by information as follows:

“That the said A. F. Smith, C. Griffith, F. T. Allison and John Lewis, in the County of Franklin, State of Washington, on the 21st day of February, 1909, then and there being, did and then and there willfully, unlawfully and feloniously conduct, deal, play and carry on a certain game of poker, the same having been played and operated for checks then and there being representatives of value, to wit: Representatives of money, and that said game was played, carried on and conducted in a certain room of a certain building known as ‘Sylvester’s…