People v. Saunders

Campbell, J. ’

Respondent was convicted under section 7702 of the Compiled Laws, of letting a dwelling bouse, “knowing that tbe lessee intended to use it as a place of resort for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness.” The same action contains a prohibition and penalty against knowingly permitting a lessee to use a dwelling house for such purposes, but the information was confined to the offense of letting with guilty knowledge.

The information was objected to as not describing the precise locality of the dwelling; and objection was also made to tbe proof of a lease dating back more than a…