State v. Smiley

The defendant, Smiley, was, by information filed in the superior court for King county, charged with being a common gambler, as follows:

“He, said Joe Smiley, in the county of King, state of Washington, on or about the 2nd day of May A. D., 1931, wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously did open up, conduct, carry on and operate as owner, agent, dealer, clerk and employee, in that certain building known as 172 Washington street, in the city of Seattle, said county and state, a gambling game and game of chance commonly known as poker played with cards, whereby money and its representative thereof,…