Commonwealth v. Hay
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, April T., 1923, by defendant, from judgment and sentence of Q. S. Butler Co., March Sessions, 1922, No. 24, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of. Pennsylvania v. M. R. Hay. Indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse. Before Briber, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion af the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 1, April T., 1923, by defendant, from judgment and sentence of Q. S. Butler Co., March Sessions, 1922, No. 24, on verdict of guilty in the case of Commonwealth of. Pennsylvania v. M. R. Hay. Indictment for keeping a bawdyhouse. Before Briber, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion af the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty on which judgment of sentence was passed. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned, among others, were various rulings on evidence and refusal to direct a verdict of not guilty.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Gawthrop, J.,
Appellant was convicted, under the 43d section of the penal Code of 1860, of keeping and maintaining a common bawdyhouse op a place for the practice of fornication. He contends that there was error, 1, in not directing an acquittal; 2, in permitting a witness for the Commonwealth to testify to a conversation between the witness and another person in his absence.
1. Appellant, a divorced man, conducted a drug store in the City of Butler, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He occupied an apartment consisting of a living room, bedroom and kitchen, on the second floor of the…
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