Smith v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

Keeping a disorderly house is the offense; penalty assessed at a fine of $200 and confinement in the county jail for a period of twenty days.

The offense is denounced in article 514, P. C., 1925.

From the state’s testimony, it appears that Lula Mae Smith lived at 509% Dallas avenue, Houston, Harris county, Texas. An officer testified that Peggy Davenport, Annie Barber, and Leona Thornton lived with Lula Mae Smith at the place stated. The officer testified: “I have been solicited from the bottom doorway of this house, and all of these girds have been convicted of…