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· 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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