Mossman v. City of Fort Collins
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the County Court of Larimer County. Hon. J. Mach Mills, Judge. James O. Mossman was convicted of keeping a disorderly house, contrary to an ordinance of the city of Ft. Collins, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell
Appellant was convicted of keeping and maintaining a disorderly house, contrary to the provisions of an ordinance of appellee.
The trial was to a jury.
The city introduced in evidence an ordinance of the city of Fort Collins relating to disorderly houses, which made it unlawful for any person or persons to keep or maintain a disorderly house within the corporate limits of the city, and any person so keeping or maintaining a disorderly house should be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, punished as provided by the ordinance; and an ordinance relating to the sale of…
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