Legal Opinion
State v. Davis
Washington Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 1906No. 6120PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Thurs-ton county, Linn, J., entered January 18, 1906, in favor of the defendant, on appeal from a conviction before a justice of the peace, dismissing a prosecution for the violation of the eight-hour law, upon sustaining a demurrer to the information.
1Opinion of the CourtCrow, J.
The respondent, W. H. Davis, was tried before a justice of the peace in Thurston county, adjudged guilty, and fined $25 and costs, on a complaint which, omitting venue and jurat, reads as follows:
“Charles F. Hubbard, being first duly sworn, on oath says that at Little Bock, in said Thurston county, on or about the first day of November, 1905, W. H. Davis did commit the crime of employing laborers on a public contract with the county of Thurston, and causing them to work to exceed 8 hours per day as follows: The said W. H. Davis then and there having a contract to build a bridge over Black…
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