State v. Brooks

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mason, J.:

M. A. Brooks appeals from a conviction under the statute (Gen. Stat. 1901, § 2489) making it an offense for the owner of a building knowingly to permit its use in maintaining what the prohibitory ■law denominates a common nuisance.

Complaint is made • that the information was defective. There is nothing, however, to take the case out of the ordinary rule that in charging a statutory crime it is sufficient to follow the language of the statute, and that was substantially done in this instance.

The prosecution was instituted and conducted by an…