Mimbs v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Accusation of keeping lewd house, from city court of Mount Yernon — Judge Geiger. April 1C, 1907.
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
1. The defendant was convicted of maintaining and keeping a lewd house. The evidence shows that the defendant, her daughter, and her niece lived together; that men were seen frequenting the place by night and by day; that the defendant had a general reputation of being a lewd woman, and the house of being a place of prostitution. This was sufficient. McCain v. State, 57 Ga. 391; Hogan v. State, 76 Ga. 82.
2. A witness may testify to facts with a degree of certainty less than that of absolute positiveness. Many men guard their statements as to facts concerning which they are most certain, with…
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