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STATE v. JAMES

No. 31063.

36 Wn.2d 882 (1950)

221 P.2d 482

THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, Respondent, v. BURTON JAMES, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc..

August 1, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Caughlan & Hatten (Clifford D. O'Brien, Solomon Sachs, and Thomas F. Lynch, of counsel), for appellant.

Charles O. Carroll and John L. Vogel, for respondent.

Edward E. Henry, Solie M. Ringold, John S. Harlow, and Kenneth A. MacDonald, amici curiae.

BEALS, J.

By information filed August 10, 1948, by the prosecuting attorney for King county, the defendant Burton James was charged with

"... the crime of WILFUL REFUSAL TO ANSWER PROPER AND MATERIAL QUESTION BEFORE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, committed as follows:

"He, the said BURTON JAMES, in the County of King, State of Washington, on or about the 22nd day of July, 1948, having been duly summoned to attend as a witness before the legislative Fact-Finding...

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