State v. Williams
| Citation | 132 P. 415,73 Wash. 678 |
| Parties | STATE v. WILLIAMS. |
| Decision Date | 03 June 1913 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Washington |
Department 1. Appeal from Superior Court, King County; J. T. Ronald Judge.
Arthur Williams was convicted of a crime, and he appeals. Affirmed.
Albert D. Martin and Buck, Benson & Lane, all of Seattle, for appellant.
John F Murphy and Thos. J. L. Kennedy, both of Seattle, for the State.
This is a criminal action. The defendant was convicted and has appealed from the judgment and sentence entered upon the verdict.
The information charges that: 'One Annie Meese, in the county of King, state of Washington, on the 18th day of August 1912, was then and there a delinquent child in that she was then and there under the age of 18 years, and was then and there a lewd and dissolute person, and did then and there knowingly associate with vicious, immoral, and disreputable persons, and said Arthur Williams did then and there willfully and unlawfully entice and encourage said Annie Meese to drink intoxicating liquors and to consort and associate with immoral and disreputable persons, and did then and there resort to a room with said Annie Meese for the purpose of committing, and did then and there commit, an act of sexual intercourse with said Annie Meese, by which said acts said Arthur Williams did then and there willfully and unlawfully encourage, cause, and contribute to the delinquency of said Annie Meese.'
Appellant contends that the trial court was without jurisdiction, and that the information did not state a crime. This prosecution was commenced under section 1 of chapter 153, Session Laws of 1909, p. 595 (section 2004, Rem. & Bal.), which provides that: 'In all cases where any child shall be a delinquent or neglected child, as defined by the statutes of this state the parent or parents or person having custody of such child or any other person, responsible for, or by any act encouraging, causing or contributing to, the delinquency or neglect of such child, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned in the county jail for a period not exceeding one (1) year, or punished by both such fine and imprisonment.' The facts constituting acts of delinquency on the part of the prosecuting witness, Annie Meese, are alleged in the language of the statute. The offense charged is statutory and unknown to the common law. The information which charges a statutory offense in the language of the statute, and in words of similar import, is sufficient.
Appellant contends that the trial judge erred in assuming jurisdiction and in failing to assign the cause to the juvenile department of the superior court of King county. This prosecution, as above stated, is under chapter 153, Session Laws of 1909, p 595, but appellant's contention seems to be that it is a prosecution under chapter 190, Session Laws of 1909, p. 668. These chapters are separate and 'Delinquent children and juvenile the...
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