Smith v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from Noble County Court; H. B. St. Clair, Judge. A. Smith was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, and appeals. Appellant was prosecuted by information for keeping a house for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse.
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Appeal from Noble County Court; H. B. St. Clair, Judge. A. Smith was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, and appeals. Appellant was prosecuted by information for keeping a house for persons to visit for unlawful sexual intercourse. Upon the trial of this case, the following evidence was admitted: A. C. Ñicewander testified that he was the sheriff of Noble county, Okla., and was acquainted with appellant and knew that, on or-about the 21st day of November, 1909, appellant was engaged in the business of running a rooming house and restaurant in the city of Perry, Noble county, Okla.; that…
1Opinion of the CourtFurman, P. J.
(after stating the facts as above). First. In prosecutions for keeping a house of ill fame, it is competent to introduce evidence of the general reputation of the house in the neighborhood in which it is situated, as to its being a place where lewd and lascivious persons of both sexes congregate .for the purpose of unlawful cohabitation or sexual intercourse, and also to prove the general reputation of either the men or the women, for virtue, who congregate at such house. See Carroll v. State. 4 Okla. Cr. 242, 111 Pac. 1021.
“Evidence of the general bad character, reputation, and conduct of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1910
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