Smith v. State

1. There being evidence that, the defendant was running a hotel which bore the general reputation of being bad for lewdness, that “the general reputation of the inmates of *89the hotel for lewdness is very bad,” and that two girls who boarded at the hotel for several days committed acts of fornication therein with the knowledge and consent of the defendant, this court is constrained to hold that the evidence supported the verdict finding the defendant guilty of keeping a lewd house.

2. There is no merit in the first special ground of the motion for new trial. “The trial judge has the right to…