State v. Greenwald

Citations

• 116 Wash. 463
• 199 P. 730
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 845

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors (42)—Offenses—“Jointist”—Information —Sufficiency. Under Laws 1917, cb. 19, § 17h, declaring that any person who opens up, conducts or maintains a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor is a “jointist,” an information charging that defendants on a certain date “did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously conduct and maintain” a certain place, “the said place then and there being a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor,” sufficiently charged the crime Of being jointists.</p> <p>Same (50) — Offenses — “Jointist” — Evidence — Sufficiency. Though the main purpose of defendants’ business is the operation of a restaurant or inn, evidence of occasional sales or gifts of liquor is sufficient to carry the question of guilt to the jury in a prosecution for the crime of being jointists.</p> <p>Same (51)—“Jointist”—-Instructions as to Other Offenses. In a prosecution for the crime of being jointists, it was error to instruct the jury that, on the day of the offense charged, it “was unlawful for any one to give away, furnish, or exchange intoxicating liquor in any manner whatsoever, except for use in sacramental purposes,” such instruction defining a crime not charged against the defendants.</p>