Ward v. State

The defendant was convicted of the offense of keeping a lewd house. It appears from the record that the defendant lives with her daughter in the outskirts of the City of Borne, and that the house she occupies has the general reputation of being a lewd house. According to the testimony her daughter, though quite young, has the general reputation of being a lewd woman. The defendant’s son and one John Eowler also live at the house, which the defendant states she purchased with her own labor. There is no direct evidence that any act of adultery was committed in the house, nor any circumstance…