State v. Davis

OPINION

By BETTMAN, J.

There are eight defendants in the above matter, four men and four women. The female defendants are charged with engaging in prostitution, lewdness or assignation in violation of §2905.27 (E) R. C. The male defendants are charged with aiding and abetting prostitution, lewdness or assignation in violation of the same section. The cases were all tried together before this Court sitting without a jury.

The evidence showed that at about 10:00 or 11:00 A. M., on August 10, 1959, each of the female' defendants was found by the police in a hotel room with one of the male…