Legal Opinion

City of Seattle v. Brookins

Washington Supreme Court

Decided September 14, 1917No. 14031PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Jurey, J., entered November 18, 1916, upon a trial and conviction of violating the state-wide prohibition .law.

1Opinion of the CourtMain, J.

The defendant in this case was charged, by complaint in the police court, with having in his possession more than two quarts of intoxicating liquor other than beer, contrary to an ordinance of the city of Seattle. The trial in that court resulted in sustaining the charge, and the defendant thereupon appealed to the superior court. In the latter court, the trial resulted in a verdict of guilty. From the sentence and judgment entered upon the verdict, the appeal is prosecuted.

The facts are briefly these: On the 3d day of May, 1916, and for some time prior thereto, the appellant was, and had…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Mugler v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1887
  2. Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. In re CraneIdaho Supreme Court · 1915
  4. City of Seattle v. HewetsonWashington Supreme Court · 1917
  5. State v. FabbriWashington Supreme Court · 1917

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StofchekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  2. In Re IversonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1926
  3. State Ex Rel. Thornbury v. GregoryWashington Supreme Court · 1937
  4. State v. CoxOregon Supreme Court · 1919
  5. In re Zwissig for a Writ of Habeas CorpusNevada Supreme Court · 1919

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