State v. Lyle

Citations

• 105 Wash. 435
• 178 P. 468
• 1919 Wash. LEXIS 602

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law (387)—Appeal—Objections—To Evidence. In a prosecution of a druggist for an illegal sale of intoxicating liquor, error cannot be predicated upon the admission of tbe defendant’s register showing a thousand other sales within the preceding six months, where the defendant did not request that the page showing the sale in question be detached and the balance of the book excluded.</p> <p>Same (451)—Review—Harmless Error—Argument op Counsel. In a prosecution of a druggist for an illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, misconduct of the prosecuting attorney in directing the jury’s attention to the pages of the druggist’s register showing other sales is cured by an instruction that the register could be considered only as it relates to the sale in question, and to disregard the statements of counsel.</p> <p>Same (363)—New Trial (49)—Affidavits of Jurors—Impeachment of Verdict. A verdict of conviction of a druggist of illegally selling intoxicating liquor cannot he impeached by affidavits of the jurors that they considered, and that the verdict was based upon, the druggist’s entire register, only one page of which was material under the court’s instructions.</p>