State v. Spurbeck
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Bremer District Oowrt. On the 14th day of November, 1874, an indictment was presented against the defendants, accusing them of the crime of nuisance, committed as follows: “That on the first day of January, 1874, and other days, the defendants did, in the county of Bremer, use, occupy and continue a certain house, in which drunkenness, quarreling, fighting, breaches of the peace, gambling, prostitution and lewdness were carried on, and which was knowingly…
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Appeal from Bremer District Oowrt. On the 14th day of November, 1874, an indictment was presented against the defendants, accusing them of the crime of nuisance, committed as follows: “That on the first day of January, 1874, and other days, the defendants did, in the county of Bremer, use, occupy and continue a certain house, in which drunkenness, quarreling, fighting, breaches of the peace, gambling, prostitution and lewdness were carried on, and which was knowingly permitted by said defendants; said house being a house of ill fame, kept for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness.” On the…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
1. criminal oTvenue."80 I. The petition for a change of venue in a criminal case is addressed to the sound discretion of the court. Code, Sec. 4374. The record discloses nothing to show an abuse of this discretion.
2.-: nuisanee, plead II. The demurrer to the indictment is upon the ground that it charges more than one offense. The indictment is found under section 4091 of the Code. The 0;g?enge epargeq is nuisance. It is competent to allege the various acts which go to make up this offense. See State v. Dean & Nealy, ante, p. 648.
3. practice : diUgence?06' III. The defendants moved for a…
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