Nelson v. Territory of Oklahoma
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from the District Court of Oklahoma County. The defendant was prosecuted by information for keeping a bawdy house and was convicted. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tarsney, J.:
The information in this case charges the defendant with keeping a bawdy house and house of ill-fame in violation of § 5, art. 33, ch. 25, of the Statutes of 1893.
To sustain a conviction for this offense two things are essentially necessarily to be shown by the prosecution: (1) That the house described in the information was a bawdy house. (2) That the defendant was the keeper of such house.
On the trial, the territory offered evidence to prove the general reputation of the house as a house of prostitution. No other evidence was offered to…
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