Kinard v. State

Kinard was indicted under section 382 of the Penal Code (1910), which provides: “If any person shall maintain and keep a lewd house, or place for the practice of fornication or adultery, either by himself or others, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.” In this State, where no difference between actual principals and those sustaining accessorial relations is made, any one who in any wise aids or abets or assists in keeping or maintain*134ing a lewd house may be convicted as a principal under this section. Under the evidence' in this case we would have no hesitancy in affirming the judgment on the…