State v. Sam

This appeal is from a conviction for the crime of frequenting an opium den for the purpose of smoking opium. There is no bill of exceptions, and the only question presented is as to the sufficiency of the indictment. The indictment charges that “ The said Ah Sam, Ah Sue and Ilong You, on and about the 8th day of April, 1886, in the County of Clatsop, and State of Oregon, did unlawfully and feloniously enter and frequent a certain opium den,situated on Chenamusstreet, between Main and Benton streets, in the city of Astoria, in the county and state aforesaid, for the purpose of then and there…