State of Iowa v. Mullen
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lee District Court. At the February term, 1872, of the Lee district court, the defendant was indicted, tried and convicted of the crime of nuisance, committed by keeping a house of ill-fame, called a “gun-boat,” resorted to for purposes of prostitution and lewdness. The court, upon conviction, fined the defendant $1,000, and ordered the seizure and abatement of the nuisance. Defendant appeals. The necessary facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDay, J.
The main question made by appellant, and the only one to which we need direct special attention, respects the jurisdiction of the district court of Lee county over the offense charged. The boat in question came up the Mississippi river, and for several months prior to the finding of the indictment had been resting on the ground on the east side of an island east of the main channel of the river. It was run in for repairs, and was left aground by the receding of the waters, though at times it was afloat. At the time of trial it was on the ground, but there was ice on both sides of it. When the…
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