Senst v. State

— Defendant-appellant Donald Elmer Senst was charged by affidavit with the offense of keeping a house of ill fame as defined in IC 1971, 35-1-83-2, Ind. Ann. Stat. § 10-4217 (Burns 1956) :

“Whoever keeps a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, or knowingly lets a house to be so kept, or knowingly permits a house which he has let to be so kept, shall be fined not less than ten dollars [$10.00] nor more than one hundred dollars [$100], to which may be added imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six [6] months.”

Following trial to the court, appellant…