State v. Sullivan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Ringgold District Court. — Homer A. Fuller, Judge. Dependant was convicted, in the court below, of the crime of resorting to a house of ill fame for the purpose of lewdness, and appeals from the judgment of the court sentencing him to a term of five years in the penitentiary.—
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The indictment charges defendant with the crime of resorting to a house of ill fame for the purpose of lewdness, and is based upon Section 4943 of the Code, which is as follows:
1- definition3-: tutingC.°nsti’ “If any person, for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, resorts to, uses, occupies or inhabits any house of ill fame or place kept for such purpose, or if any person be found at any hotel, boarding house, cigar store or other place, leading a life of prostitution or lewdness, such person shall be imprisoned in the penitentiary not more than five years.”
Although no direct proof of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
- State v. WilsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1904
- State v. RayburnSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- State v. MitchellSupreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- State v. McDavittSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. KuenySupreme Court of Iowa · 1974