State v. Kayser

WEIER, Judge.

At issue in this criminal prosecution of a St. Charles County massage parlor operator is the question of whether one who maintains a commercial enterprise which masturbates its customers is engaged in criminal activity proscribed by § 563.630, RSMo. 1969.1

Defendant Thomas Edward Kayser was charged by information with the offense of setting up and maintaining a common bawdy house. A jury trial was waived and the parties agreed to enter into a stipulation of facts to be submitted to the trial judge. It was stipulated that the State would prove beyond a reasonable doubt that on…