State v. Rousseau

The defendant and appellant, Rousseau, was charged with, and upon trial adjudged guilty of, the offense of being a “jointist”;

“In that he, the said Joseph Rousseau, in Snohomish county, state of Washington, on or about the 1st day of May, 1919, wilfully and unlawfully did open up, conduct, and maintain at Mukilteo, in said county and state, a certain place, to wit: a certain dwelling house, together with the appurtenances thereunto appertaining and belonging, for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor.”

The only question to be here considered is whether or not this language quoted from the…