City of Seattle v. Yocum
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Ronald, J., entered January 17, 1914, upon an agreed statement of facts, dismissing a prosecution for the violation of a city ordinance upon appeal from a conviction in justice court.
1Opinion of the Court
Holcomb, J. —
Respondent was prosecuted in the police court of Seattle for an alleged violation of an ordinance of Seattle regulating the inspection and sale of commodities in that city by weights and measures. He was convicted in that court and appealed to the superior court. The case was then tried on an agreed statement of facts, and respondent discharged. From such judgment, the city appeals.
The following are the agreed facts: The defendant, John L. Yocum, is the local manager of Swift & Company, wholesale dealers in meats in the city of Seattle, King county, Washington. Newman & Company…
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