State v. Cooper

Both the State and the defendant introduced evidence.

The sole assignment of error in defendant’s brief is that the court committed error in denying his motion for a judgment of compulsory nonsuit at the close of all the evidence.

The evidence for the State tends to show the following facts: Defendant operated a house known as the Jungle on Sand Hill in the town of Plymouth. It was a rented four-room house with two bedrooms, a living room and a kitchen. He operated it as some kind of a night spot or a club.

On 20 May 1967 Robert Biggs was in this house slightly drunk and asleep. He was awakened…