Legal Opinion
United States v. Ridgway
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided August 8, 1912No. Nos. 2,168, 2,169PublishedCited by 4 opinions
W. A. Ridgway and another were indicted for using the post office in furtherance of a lottery, and they demurred to the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
CUSHMAN, District Judge.
This matter is now before the court upon demurrers to the indictments in the above numbered causes.
The first count of the indictment in cause No. 2,169 is as follows, to wit:
“That heretofore, to wit, on or about tbe 9th day of April, 1910, one W. A. Ridgway and one R. E. Glass, at the city of Seattle, comity of King, state of Washington, within the Western District of Washington and within the jurisdiction of this court, then and there being, did then and there willfully, knowingly, unlawfully, and feloniously deposit and cause to be deposited in the post office in the…
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