State v. Johnston

The appellant was convicted on a jointist charge. The facts, as we are able to glean them from the record, are about as follows: Appellant operated and maintained the Bon Air Apartments, located at 1808, Eighth avenue, in the city of Seattle. This apartment house consists of twenty-four apartments on four floors, the majority of which were furnished and occupied. It was the theory of the state th‘at the various apartments on the second floor, where it is charged the joint was being maintained and operated, were all used promiscuously by the appellant for the purpose of selling and serving…