Hall v. State

Appellant was indicted under article 341, Penal Code, as amended by the Act of 1889, page 33, for keeping a disorderly house. On the trial, the State was permitted to introduce in evidence affidavits made before the assessor and collector of taxes of Lamar County and the city of Paris, in which appellant swore that she was the owner of the premises on which the house of prostitution was kept. The substance of the objections urged is, that appellant, not having been shown to be the party who signed the affidavit, was not bound thereby, and they did not tend to prove ownership in her.…