Bates v. State

HEHDEBS 0hi, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $200, hence this appeal.

By bills of exceptions 1 and 2, appellant excepted to the charge of the court defining a disorderly house, and to the refusal of requested charges on the same subject. These charges relate to the question of tenant under the statute. The charge given is as follows: “I charge you that a tenant is one who holds or possesses lands by any kind of right, the title being in another person. One who has an occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements,…