State v. Lawrence

— The defendant was tried and convicted in a justice court of Kittitas county upon the following complaint filed by the county water master:

“Benj. Vaughn, being first duly sworn, on his oath says that Phil Lawrence on or about the 29th day of April, 1931, in Kittitas county, state of Washington, then and there being, did then and there, unlawfully and willfully interfere with a dam and a headgate for the diversion of water for irrigation. Thereby committing a misdemeanor.”

The defendant appealed to the superior court, and, from a conviction therein upon the same complaint, appeals to this…