State v. Anderson

The appellant, Charlie Anderson, was charged with, and convicted of, the crime of opening np, conducting and maintaining a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor.

The facts concerning the offense, which the jury were warranted in finding, were in substance these: One Tom Ohm had a license from the city of Spokane, authorizing him to sell soft drinks at a designated place therein. At the place designated he maintained a bar, over which he openly sold the commodities usually kept for sale in such places.. Close to the bar in the floor of the barroom was a trapdoor, leading to a…