Erwin v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Fannin. Tried below before Hon. James Q. Chenoweth, County Judge. Appellant was prosecuted by information for permitting a house owned by him to be kept as a disorderly house, and at his trial was convicted, the punishment assessed being a pecuniary fine of §200. The facts involved in the rulings on this appeal are sufficiently stated in the opinion, and no additional statement is required.
1Opinion of the Court
HURT, Presiding Judge.
Conviction for knowingly permitting his house to be kept as a disorderly house.
The issue in the case was, whether appellant knew that his house was so kept. Upon the trial, the State attempted to prove by the witness Crider, that he, Crider (agent of defendant), had refused to rent the property to the women, and that he told defendant that he had refused to rent to them; that they had a bad name — turning the keys to the house over to defendant at that time; that Erwin remarked, that he “did not care a damn who rented the property, so he got his money.” Crider refused to…
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