State v. Williams

Citations

• 73 Wash. 678
• 132 P. 415
• 1913 Wash. LEXIS 1658

Syllabus

<p>Indictment and Information — Language of Statute — Sufficiency. An information charges the statutory offense of contributing to the delinquency of a child, in the language of the statute, or in words of similar import, and is there sufficient, where it alleges that the child was a delinquent child and a lewd and dissolute person who associated with vicious and disreputable persons, and that the accused willfully encouraged, caused and contributed to her delinquency by enticing and encouraging her to drink intoxicating liquors, and consort with immoral persons and committed an act of sexual intercourse with- the accused.</p> <p>Criminal Law — Trial—Jurisdiction—Criminal or Juvenile Department. A prosecution for contributing to the delinquency of a child, under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2004, is properly tried in the criminal and not the juvenile department of the superior court, where there is nothing to indicate that the accused was a juvenile.</p> <p>Lewdness — Contributing to Delinquency of Child — Evidence— Sufficiency. In a prosecution under Rem. & Bal. Code, § 2004, for contributing to the delinquency of a delinquent child, the prior delinquency of the child is sufficiently shown by proving that she was a lewd and dissolute person, and associated with immoral and disreputable persons.</p>