State v. Splett

Defendants were convicted of tbe offense defined by section 8715, G. S. 1913, and appeal from tbe order denying a new trial.

Tbe indictment charged defendants with receiving part of tbeir support from Mazine Dauer, engaged in prostitution, in that they received from ber about $100 between September 13, 1921, and November 4 following, well knowing that sbe earned said money by prostitution.

Tbe sufficiency of tbe evidence is challenged. Maxine testified that, in tbe early part of September, 1921, sbe took a room from defendants, who were conducting a rooming bouse in Mankato, Minnesota, under an…