Basil v. State

1. To convict an innkeeper, who has personal charge of an inn or hotel, of keeping a lewd house, it is sufficient if the evidence shows actual knowledge of the illegal practices, or that the defendant was in possession of such facts as to charge him with “constructive” or “implied” knowledge. Such knowledge may be shown by direct proof, or by proof of facts and circumstances from which the jury could reasonably infer that the defendant did have knowledge that acts of adultery or fornication were committed in the house. “He can not shut his eyes to what is going on around him, for the purpose…