State v. Niccoli

Citations

• 115 Wash. 543
• 197 P. 923
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 779

Syllabus

<p>Intoxicating Liquors (42)—Indictment and Information (45)— Requisites—Intent—Sufficiency. Under Laws 1917, p. 60, making it criminal for a person to open up, conduct or maintain any place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, an information charging that defendants did unlawfully and feloniously conduct and maintain a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquors, sufficiently alleges the commission of an overt act coupled with an intent to commit a crime.</p> <p>Criminal Law (461)—Cruel or Unusual Punishment—Severity of Sentence for “Jointists”. The fact that one section of the intoxicating liquor law makes the opening up and keeping of a liquor joint a felony, while other sections provide that the owner or lessee of premises so used, and persons maintaining a club house for the distribution of liquor to members, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor only, is not objectionable as a denial of equal protection of the laws.</p>