Legal Opinion

State v. Snell

Washington Supreme Court

Decided December 13, 1917No. 14235PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Grays Harbor county, Abel, J., entered January 4, 1917, upon findings in favor of the defendant, ordering the return of intoxicating liquors seized, after a hearing before the court.

1Opinion of the CourtFullerton, J.

The respondent, a registered pharmacist engaged in the business of conducting a drug store in Cosmopolis, Washington, was prosecuted and convicted before a justice of the peace on the charge of illegally selling intoxicating liquors. On appeal to the superior court, the judgment of conviction was reversed and the complaint was dismissed. At the time of filing the complaint before the justice, a search warrant was issued and all the liquor in respondent’s drug store, consisting entirely of whiskey in bottles and jugs, was seized thereunder, together with four or five quarts of whiskey which he…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. MartinWashington Supreme Court · 1916

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Durdahl v. Bank of CasperWyoming Supreme Court · 1986

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