State v. Pearsall

The court instructed the jury as follows: “ Proof that the defendant acted as keeper of the house or so held himself out to the world is sufficient. You are to take into consideration all the circumstances. In the absence of proof to the contrary the persons in possession of the premises and occupying the same are presumed to have control of them, and a continual use of the same for a considerable time as a house of prostitution would justify tbe jury in finding that the defendant if living in the house was consenting to and a party to the use of it for that purpose, although the evidence did…