Ex parte Williams
California Supreme Court
Application by C. C. Williams for a writ of habeas corpus for his discharge from imprisonment on conviction of an alleged criminal offense. Petitioner discharged. Transferred to supreme court: See post, p. 309, 87 Pac. 568.
1Opinion of the CourtBuckles, J.
The petitioner was engaged in the saloon business, also selling cigars and tobacco in the city of Petaluma, and had therein a slot machine used by his customers in gambling for cigars. The complaint on which the petitioner was charged, arrested, tried, and convicted was as fol*302lows: “On the 4th day of December, A. D. 1905 .... did willfully and unlawfully open, carry on, and conduct, at his saloon and place of business at 319 Main street, in the city of Petaluma, Sonoma county, state of California, a certain banking game, played by means of a slot machine, for money, cheeks, and other…
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