· 2/28/1890
Ah Lim v. Territory of Washington
Citations
- 1 Wash. 156
- 24 P. 588
- 1890 Wash. LEXIS 32
Syllabus
<p>CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — OPIUM SMOKING.</p> <p>Code Wash. T., § 2073, as amended by acts 1883, p. 30, providing that “ any person or persons who shall smoke or inhale opium, . . . shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,” is not unconstitutional on the ground that it involves a deprivation of liberty and property without due process of law. (Scott and Stiles, JJ., dissent.)</p>
Judges: Amdees, Dunbar, Hoyt, Scott, Stiles
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