Baker

By information filed by the district attorney of Humboldt County it was charged as follows: ‘ ‘ That the said defendant Peter Baker, did then and there, to wit: in said certain saloon, barroom and place in said city of Eureka, county of Humboldt, state of California, on said 23rd day of December, 1917, willfully, knowingly and unlaw fully sell, furnish and give to Prank Mahan, who was then and there a minor under the age of twenty-one years, to wit: of the age of eighteen years, intoxicating liquor, to wit: beer. That said act by said defendant Peter Baber did then and there manifestly cause, tend to cause, encourage and contribute to the said Prank Mahan, then and there a minor under the age of twenty-one years, to wit: of the age of eighteen years, to become and remain a person coming within the provisions of section one of the Juvenile Court Law of the state of California, to wit: a person under the age of twenty-one years who habitually uses intoxicating liquors, and who is leading or is in danger of leading an idle, dissolute, lewd and immoral life; contrary, ’ ’ etc.

Tried by a jury the verdict was guilty as charged in the information and defendant was sentenced to pay a…