Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-08-16
stfashin9ton tandard
OLYMPIA. WASH.
FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST l6. 1907.
The Allison Trial.

sonnet llllt'> Il Silldi ti>' h'"' A'k''
much interest Of a community from
tl,...ti,qt II may nave upon III" gen
.r;,l welfare. uf th,. public. That was
ju>t what crowded the. courtroom III
The. trial of ] + Allison. who oprr-
at,> u lunch room ana confectionery
stand Il, tin. terminus OF the cdr-ilnr
AT TumwA1cr before Justice Giles.
last Tuesday.
ltwaS found quite difficult TO obtain
a Jury from the fact that in our com
munity there is a clcar-cut division
beween the strict constructiOniStS OF
the Sunday law and those who be
licve that it was not the intent to
prohibit the sale OF the necessities of
life. those who believe with our Pur-
titanic ancestors. that it is Il sin to
kiss on. : wife ON Sunday and those
who hold that it is proper to observe
Sunday as Il day of rest. on of such
sensible recreations as do not disturb
the uuietudc essential for those who
wish to sleep or pass the day in ST
lent meditation.
The Sunday law itself makes Ger
tain exceptions that establish the be-
lief that it was not the intent of the
w-makerS to restrict man 5 means
OF enjoyment of a day that should be,
Of all others, devoid of all causes of
uneasiness or worry. 1t was spc-
cially provided that he should have 4
full stomach, and this concession was
made by the generic term hotels, a
place for the entertainment of trav-
elers and others" 1t provides for
access to drugs for all ills, small or
large, whether from headache, disor-
ordered stomach, or a malignant
fever or broken leg.
The jury found from the evidence
submitted, that defendant operated 4
Understand in connection with the
care of a waiting-rOom for the car
company; that he ministered to the
comfort of patrons of the road and
Others by keeping warm and COM
Portable place for the wayfarer; that
he supplied luncheons and soft drinks,
sold peanuts (Which have been shown,
in this paper, to contain in ten-cent
packages twice the nutriment of a
fOrty-cent sirlOin steak and furnished
plug of tobacco or cigar occasion
ally to the vOtaries of that seductive
goddess-Nicotine. Now who will
contend for moment, after serious
thought, that these articles are not
included under the term which means
entertainment for travellers or 9th.
ers"? If we grant that tobacco, in
its several forms, is prime necessity
for some people, who will dispute the
assumption that our law makers new.
er intended to place it under ban?
If it Is crime to sell CONNECTIONS
from lunch-cOunter, how can it be
made virtue to sell the same articles
as a dessert at the restaurant table?
If it is not the province of jury to
determine this matter, what is the
use of jury at all? Why not submit
the undisputed facts and let the
court affix the prescribed penalty,
without further delay, trouble or
costs?
1t is matter of cOngratulation
that this view was taken in the late
case, especially, in which man
bowed down by age, cripple, and
in needy circumstances, is the de.
PENDANT. While nobody can censure
the prosecutor, Mr.. Troy, for his
splendid appeal for strict construc-
tiOn of the law to cover nearly ev.
erything under the comprehensive
though quite incomprehensible terms
of the law, for it was his duty to
guard the possibly violated objects
of the State enactment, but it was
just as much the part of the jury to
take cOgnizance of the evidence as
we'll as interpret, under oath, the
meaning of the law, by which thu
interests of the whole people as wei
as the individual might be conserved