Dutton v. Territory of Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court
APPEAL from a judgment of the District Court of the First Judicial District, in and for the County of Yuma. John H. Campbell, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtKent, C. J.
It is complained that the indictment is insufficient. Our statute makes it a misdemeanor to keep a disorderly house or any house of public resort whereby the peace, comfort, or decency of the immediate neighborhood is habitually disturbed. Penal Code 1901, sec. 287. The indictment, specifying the time and the location of the house in the town of Yuma, charged the offense conjunctively in the language of the statute. The statute setting forth fully and without any uncertainty or ambiguity all the elements necessary to constitute the offense, an indictment so couched in the language of the…
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