People v. Lackaye

This is a writ of error to review the conviction of defendant of the charge of keeping “a house of ill fame or place for the practice of lewdness.” Par. 162, chap. 38, Ill. Rev. Stat. [1951; Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 37.128].

The question is whether the uncontroverted testimony of homosexual conduct between males performed in a bath house sustains the conviction of defendant, keeper of the house.

The pertinent part of par. 162 is; “Whoever keeps ... a house of ill fame or place for the practice of prostitution or lewdness. . . .” Defendant contends that that language defines but one crime, the…