State v. Passila

Citations

• 117 Wash. 295
• 201 P. 295
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 1054

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law (183) — Evidence—Identity oe Accused. In a prosecution of foreign born persons for criminal syndicalism, confusion as to how their last names are spelled is immaterial, where their first names are sufficiently clear, and they were identified before the jury as the parties charged.</p> <p>Criminal Law (137) — Evidence — Hearsay — Declarations by Third Persons. Where testimony concerning the purposes, objects, principles, and teachings of the I. W. W. organization is limited to the acts and sayings of organizers or delegates at recognized meetings or places of assemblage of the organization, upon occasions sanctioned or directed by it, the evidence is not open to the objection of being hearsay.</p> <p>Same (182) — Evidence—Sueeiciency—Place oe Commission oe Oeeense and Venue. Prosecution for criminal syndicalism may properly be maintained in the county of defendant’s residence, though he was arrested while temporarily at work in another county.</p>