Perry v. State

Ragan, C.

The plaintiffs in error were convicted in police court of the city of Columbus on a complaint charging them with being inmates of a house of prostitution in said city. They appealed to the district court. The chief of police filed in that court a complaint against them in words and figures as follows:

“The State of Nebraska,

Platte County,

City of Columbus.

“Charles M. Taylor, a witness of lawful age, being first duly sworn, deposes and says that in the city of Columbus, in the county of Platte, and state of Nebraska, on the first day of July, 1890, one Hattie Perry and Maria Longscrew,…