Dudley v. State

1. There is no merit in the grounds of the motion for a new trial relating to the admission of certain evidence tending to show the reputation of the hotel in question as a gaming-house prior to the time when the hotel was raided and gaming discovered therein. The objection urged as to the admission of this testimony was that it was irrelevant, since it was not proved that the defendant had any connection with the hotel, or had ever hifd any connection therewith, or was in anywise responsible for its reputation at that time. Under repeated rulings of the Supreme Court the general reputation…