Reynolds v. Commonwealth

BIRD, Judge.

Robert Reynolds and his wife were tried and convicted of the offense “of unlawfully and wilfully setting up and maintaining a common public nuisance.” They were fined $200 and have moved for an appeal to this Court. We need to answer only one ques-tion on this appeal. Did the court err in denying a directed verdict for defendants ?

Specifically the indictment charges that the defendants did “unlawfully, wilfully, and knowingly suffer and procure and permit divers idle and evil disposed persons to habitually frequent and assemble in a certain house in the defendants’ possession and…