121 Wash. 128 | Wash. | 1922
Appellant was convicted of being a jointist under an information the charging part of which is as follows:
“That the said John Doe (Albert Malanca), in the County of Pierce, in the State of Washington, on or about the 22nd day of July, 1921, then and there being, unlawfully and feloniously did conduct and maintain a place for the unlawful sale of intoxicating liquor, to wit: 1108 South 11th Street in the City of Tacoma, said County and State.”
In this court, appellant attacks the sufficiency of the information, and also certain instructions which the
The evidence showed that the appellant was a bartender in a soft drink establishment, in the city of Tacoma, and that, while he was in sole and exclusive charge of the place, he sold to customers moonshine whiskey which he served while standing behind the bar in glasses set upon the bar. The appellant frankly admitted that he had instructions not to deal in intoxicating liquor, but that, for his own profit, he made a practice of selling intoxicating liquor in the place where he worked; that he had been engaged in the practice for several days and had intended to continue in it.
The instructions given and asked for relative to agency were immaterial, as the appellant was clearly guilty as principal upon his own statement.
The judgment is affirmed.