Wooster v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Feom tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. JNO. A. MiNNis. Tbe indictment in this case contained two counts; tbe first charging tbat tbe defendant “was tbe keeper of a bouse of prostitution, and bad no honest employment whereby to maintain herselfand the second, that she did, “ within said county of Montgomery, knowingly keep and maintain a certain common nuisance, to-wit, a bawdy-house, then situate within the city of Montgomery, and then and there kept and…
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Feom tbe City Court of Montgomery. Tried before tbe Hon. JNO. A. MiNNis. Tbe indictment in this case contained two counts; tbe first charging tbat tbe defendant “was tbe keeper of a bouse of prostitution, and bad no honest employment whereby to maintain herselfand the second, that she did, “ within said county of Montgomery, knowingly keep and maintain a certain common nuisance, to-wit, a bawdy-house, then situate within the city of Montgomery, and then and there kept and used as a bawdy-house, and then and there resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness; and for her own lucre…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, C. J. —
The first count in the indictment charges the statutory offense of being “ a common prostitute, or the keeper of a house of prostitution,” having no honest employment, whereby the defendant could maintain herself. The second count charges the common-law offense of keeping a bawdy-house.. The two offenses are of the same nature, belong to the same class of crimes, and each is a misdemeanor. The statutory offense is punishable, on the first conviction, by fine of not less than ten, nor more than fifty dollars; and a second conviction, within six months after the first, is…
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- People v. CostelloCourt for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors · 1845
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- Commonwealth v. GillespieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1822
- People v. MauchNew York Supreme Court · 1862
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