State v. Shay

The defendants were jointly charged with the crime of grafting. From judgments and sentences entered on verdicts of guilty, they both appeal.

The following facts were established by evidence which is uncontroverted: March 21, 1935, a personal injury case, entitled “Ole Knutsen, Plaintiff, v. Guy N. Hudreen et ux., Defendants,” was on trial before a jury in one of the departments of the superior court of King county. Appellant Kinnear was a member of the jury.

About seven o’clock in the evening of March 21st, Shay appeared at the home of Elias A. Wright, attorney for the plaintiff in the case.…