State v. Great Northern Railway Co.
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, McCroskey, J., entered June 21, 1917, upon stipulated facts, confiscating contraband intoxicating liquor.
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
This proceeding was begun by the filing of a complaint with a justice of the peace for Spokane precinct, Spokane county, Washington, and the issuance of a search warrant thereon pursuant to the provisions of ch. 2, Laws of 1915, p. 2, commonly known as the state-wide prohibition law (Rem. Code, §6262-1 et seq.). Under the authority of the search warrant the sheriff seized a quantity of whiskey at the Northern Pacific freight depot in the city of Spokane. Before the return day fixed in the warrant, claims to the liquor were filed by B. K. Bloch, as owner, and the Great Northern Railway Company…
2Cited by1 opinion
- State v. Twenty Barrels of WhiskeyWashington Supreme Court · 1918