State v. Lewis

The defendant, Lewis, was charged by information with the crime of maintaining a common nuisance by conducting and maintaining “a place where intoxicating liquors were sold, kept and bartered.” Upon his plea of not guilty, he was tried by a jury which found him guilty as charged, leaving punishment to be fixed by the court. He was sentenced to thirty days’ imprisonment in the county jail, and fined $250. His appeal is from the judgment.

The information is predicated on the provisions of section 11066 of the Revised Codes of 1921, whereby any place where intoxicating liquor is kept or sold in…