Dougherty v. Seymour
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Sv/perior Court of Dewoer. Action to recover rent alleged to be due upon a written lease. Defense that the demised premises were leased to be used as a bawdy-house, and that they were so used with the knowledge and consent of the landlord. Judgment for defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Pee Cubiam.
At common law the keeping of a house of prostitution is an indictable offense. Such places are regarded with so much disfavor, that not only the keeper of the house, but also a landlord knowingly leasing the same for the purpose of bawdry, is held to be guilty of a criminal *290offense when the house is actually put to such immoral use. 2 Wharton’s Crim. Law (2d ed.), sec. 1459; 1 Bishop, Crim. Law (7th ed.), sec. 500; Commonwealth v. Harrington, 3 Pick. 26.
These salutary rules have received the almost universal sanction of the courts wherever the common law has been administered.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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