Taylor v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The conviction is upon an averment that the appellant was a vagrant in that he was the keeper of a house of prostitution; punishment fixed at a fine of two hundred dollars.

It is made plain from the evidence that the appellant and his wife were keeping a certain hotel; and there is evidence that it was a house of prostitution. A recital of the details is deemed unnecessary: The Chief of Police testified, over objection, that he issued orders to check up on the hotels and the characters of people who frequented them. It is also shown by the statement of facts that the…