The offense of keeping a disorderly house may be committed by permitting lewd women to resort to a dancing hall where liquors are sold and spend their time in lewd conduct, such as sitting in the laps of men and hugging and kissing them.41 But where women resort to a saloon only for the purpose of drinking beer there is no offense.42

One allowing his house to become the habitual resort of drunkards and prostitutes makes his place a disorderly house.43 And one who keeps a room to which persons habitually resort for the purpose of betting on horse races run at different places throughout the country commits the offense of keeping a disorderly house.44

The keeper of a saloon or dram-shop where intoxicating liquors are sold, though under a license, commits the offense of keeping a disorderly house if he permits idle, dissolute, drunken or other disorderly persons to collect in or about his premises and disturb or annoy the people of the community, by swearing, cursing, fighting, or by any other disorderly conduct;45 and it can make no difference that he may be liable to punishment by indictment for each specific sale of liquors.46

A license permitting the sale of intoxicating liquors is no protection to keeping such a house.47

41 Ahr vs. State (Tex. Cr.), 31 S. W., 657.

42 Harmes vs. State, 26 Tex.

App., 190. 43 Com. vs. Cobb, 120 Mass., 356; Beard vs. State, 71 Md., 275; State vs. Young, 96 Iowa, 262.

44 Haring vs. State, 51 N. Y. L., 386;

Price vs. State, 96 Ala., 1; State vs. Bailey, 21 N. H., 343; Kneffer vs. Com., 94 Ky., 360;

King vs. People, 83 N. Y., 587;

McClain vs. State, 49 N. J. L., 471. 45 Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1127;

Com. vs. Cobb., 120 Mass., 356;

Com. vs. Wallace, 143 Mass., 88; Price vs. State, 96 Ala., 1. 46 Parker vs. State, 61 N. J. L., 308;

Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1127. 47 State vs. Mullikin, 8 Blackf.

(Ind.), 260.