Ward v. State

Appellant was convicted at a court trial of the crime of keeping a disorderly house, the criminal information under which he was charged specifying that on November 12, 1968 he “unlawfully did keep a disorderly house on the premises known as Room 16 Duke’s Motel * * * creating by his activity thereon a nuisance: to wit, did bring girls under the age of eighteen into said premises for the purpose of sniffing glue.” On this appeal, it is contended by appellant that the criminal information failed to charge an offense and that the lower court erred in denying his pretrial motion to dismiss the…