State v. Cohen
State v. Cohen
Dissenting Opinion
(dissenting) — In my judgment this case is not controlled by the Ross case. I concurred there because the right of the defendant to vote was unquestioned, and to hold him guilty of a felony for giving a wrong place of residence where the intent of the law is doubtful would do violence to the spirit of the-registration act. But it seems to me that the defendant in this case could not be excused under that rule. Defendant solicited a person to register, induced him to lodge at a hotel over night, and to put his name on the hotel register, asserting his residence to be his temporary lodging place. Defendant brought such person to the registration officer with intent that he should register under a false place of residence. The facts bring defendant within the last of the declaratory clauses of § 4775, “or if any person shall cause any name to be placed upon the registry list otherwise than in the manner provided in this act he shall be guilty,” etc. The first clauses of § 4775 apply to the
Dissenting Opinion
(dissenting)- — -I concur in the result reached by Judge Chadwick in his dissenting opinion, but dissent from his rule of exclusion. I have stated my view in State v. Ross, supra. I will only add that I think the statute which makes it penal for “any person” to cause “any name” to be placed on the registry list “otherwise than in the manner prescribed in this act” means exactly what it says.
Ellis and Morris, JJ., concur with Gose, J.
Opinion of the Court
The proper disposition of this cause is governed by the decision rendered by department one on December 2, 1911, in the case of State v. Ross, 66 Wash. 138, 119 Pac. 20, which decision was affirmed by the court en banc upon petition for rehearing, this day. Id., p. 141, 122 Pac. 8. The questions determinative of this case being the same as in that, the judgment of the trial court is reversed for the reasons there stated.
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