Ballenger v. State

E. S. Ballenger was indicted for maintaining and keeping “a lewd house or place for the practice of fornication or adultery,” as defined in the Code, § 26-6102, and also for keeping and maintaining “a common, ill-governed, and disorderly house, to the encouragement of idleness, gaming, drinking, or other misbehavior, or to the common disturbance of the neighborhood or orderly citizens,” as defined in Code, § 26-6103. Only the second charge was submitted to the jury, and they returned a verdict of guilty thereon. A motion for new trial was made and overruled, and the defendant excepted.

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