Wells v. State

This prosecution originated in the county court of Comanche county, on an information charging the plaintiff in error, Matilda Wells, hereinafter referred to as defendant, with having, on the 28th day of February, 1922, kept and maintained at No. 307% D avenue, in the city of Lawton, a house of ill fame, of assignation and .prostitution, wherein persons visited for unlawful sexual intercourse, etc.

The prosecution is based on section 1890, Compiled Statutes 1921, which reads as follows:

“Any person who keeps any bawdyhouse, house of ill fame, of assignation, or of prostitution, or any other…