State v. Irvin

Sherwin, J. —

The defendant was indicted under section 4948 of the Oode, 'which provides that “if any person, for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, resorts to, uses, occupies or inhabits any house of ill fame or place kept for such purpose, ” he shall be punished as therein provided. The defendant was a married man, living with his wife in the house in question, and was a physician practicing his profession in the community where he lived. The evidence tends to show that he had twice had sexual intercourse with his servant girl, the acts occurring during different nights in said house.…