Ponder v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of the offense of keeping and maintaining a lewd house. He excepted to the judgment of the trial court refusing to grant him a new trial. The defense of the accused was that he was merely the servant, employed at a stipulated salary, of the person who maintained and kept the *832house mentioned in the indictment. There was evidence, however, warranting a finding that he was jointly interested with his-alleged employer in the business being carried on in the house. There was evidence that the accused lived in the house, collected the rent from the inmates, and…