Case Name: W. D. DAVENPORT v. THE STATE
Court: Tennessee Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Decision Date: 1875-09
Citations: 3 Shan. Cas. 591
Docket Number: 
Parties: W. D. DAVENPORT v. THE STATE.
Judges: 
Reporter: Tennessee Cases with Notes and Annotations
Volume: 3
Pages: 591–592

Head Matter:
W. D. DAVENPORT v. THE STATE.
Jackson,
September Term, 1875.
NUISANCES. No judgment of abatement of bawdy bouse where no description.
Where there is no description of the locality of the house by number or otherwise in the indictment for keeping a bawdy house, and the number of the house is left blank in the judgment of abatement upon the conviction of defendant, the judgment of abatement will be reversed and set aside by the supreme court. [See Code, secs. 6870, 6871, and notes.]

Opinion:
Nicholson, C. J.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
W. D. Davenport was indicted in four oases for keeping bawdy houses. He was acquitted in three and found guilty in one, and fined $10.00, and at tbe same time a judgment of abatement was entered, but tbe number of tbe bouse to be abated is left blank in tbe judgment. There is no description of tbe locality of tbe bouse in the indictment by number or otherwise. Defendant assumed full costs in each case.
Tbe judgment of abatement will be reversed and set aside, and tbe judgment as to tbe fine and costs will be affirmed.