Commonwealth v. Bracy

The indictment charged that the defendant, on certain dates, “knowing one Norma Ferguson to be a prostitute, did live and derive support and maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings and proceeds of her prostitution, from moneys loaned, advanced to and charged against her by a keeper and manager and inmate of a house and place where prostitution was practiced and allowed, and did share in such earnings, proceeds and moneys.” G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 272, § 7. There was evidence that the defendant *122knew that Ferguson was a prostitute and that she paid money to him that she had received as…