Case Name: WILKERSON v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1925-01-13
Citations: 33 Ga. App. 349
Docket Number: 16042
Parties: WILKERSON v. THE STATE.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 349–349

Head Matter:
16042.
WILKERSON v. THE STATE.
A general verdict of guilty upon an indictment in two counts, one charging the keeping of a lewd house for the practice of fornication and adultery and the other charging the keeping .and maintaining of a common, ill-governed, and disorderly house, to the encouragement of idleness, drinking, and other misbehavior, was not authorized, where there was no evidence that authorized a conviction under the second count.
Decided January 13, 1925.
Keeping lewd house; from Wilkes superior court—Judge Shurley. October 14, 1924.
H. E. Combs, F. IF. Gilbert, Colley & Colley, for plaintiff in error.
M. L. Fells, solicitor-general, contra.

Opinion:
Luke, J.
The defendant was convicted generally upon an indictment which in one count charged her with keeping a lewd house for the practice of fornication and adultery, and in the other charged her with keeping and maintaining a common, ill-governed, and disorderly house, to the encouragement of idleness, drinking, and other misbehavior (Penal Code, § 382, 383). There was no evidence authorizing a conviction under the second count, and therefore the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence, and the court erred in overruling the motion for a new trial. See, in this connection, Fanning v. State, 17 Ga. App. 316 (2) (86 S. E. 731); Brooks v. State, 27 Ga. App. 629 (87 S. E. 909).
Judgment reversed.
Broyles, C. J., and Bloodworth, J., concur.