Linebarker v. State

Julia Linebarker, a negro woman, was convicted of the offense of maintaining a lewd house; her motion for a new trial was overruled, and that judgment is assigned as error.

Two or three witnesses testified that the general reputation of her dwelling-house was bad for lewdness, and six witnesses testified to the contrary. However, of course, the jury were authorized from the testimony to find that the general reputation was that her dwelling was a lewd house. But did the evidence show, beyond a reasonable doubt, that fornication or adultery had actually been committed therein? The evidence…