Jackson v. State

The appellants in this case were indicted, tried, convicted, and sentenced in the Circuit Court for Cecil County for keeping a disorderly house.

Before entering their pleas of not guilty, the appellants demurred to the indictment on the ground that it contained two separate and distinct charges in one count: (1) keeping a disorderly house; and (2) keeping at said house alcoholic beverages for the purpose of sale and delivery within this State, without a license therefor. The trial court overruled the demurrers, and the correctness of that ruling is the question before this court.

The count…