People v. Cox

The respondent kept a saloon in the city of Jackson, on Cortland street. He was not married, but hired a housekeeper, and his father lived with him. The rooms over the saloon were used as sleeping rooms. The first or lower story of the building was divided into rooms and halls as follows: First, a front room, known as the “bar-room,” with a front door, the only one opening upon the street from that room. A door in the back part of the bar-room opened into a hall. Upon the left of this hall was a card-room. Back of that another room used as a kitchen.

There were no doors from the outside into…