State v. McLaughlin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon* G. B. McAfee, Judge. (1) Instruction 2 does not declare the law properly, since it makes the defendant the keeper of a bawdy house if women boarded with her and paid defendant a part of the money received by them from men for sexual intercourse whether the defendant had knowledge or not of their conduct with men; or had knowledge of how and for what purpose the money was obtained.
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Appeal from Greene Criminal Court. — Hon* G. B. McAfee, Judge. (1) Instruction 2 does not declare the law properly, since it makes the defendant the keeper of a bawdy house if women boarded with her and paid defendant a part of the money received by them from men for sexual intercourse whether the defendant had knowledge or not of their conduct with men; or had knowledge of how and for what purpose the money was obtained. (2) The indictment is too indefinite, and does not sufficiently notify defendant as to what she is to defend against. The house upon which the sign is alleged to have been…
1Opinion of the CourtGantt, J.
The defendant was indicted in the criminal court of Greene county for a violation of section 2201, Revised Statutes 1899. She was duly arraigned, and pleaded not guilty. Upon a trial she was convicted and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary.
*36The indictment, omitting caption, was as follows:
“The grand jurors of the State of Missouri, impaneled, sworn and charged to inquire within and for the body of Greene county, upon their oath present, that Mrs. Mary McLaughlin and Lib McLaughlin, late of the county and State aforesaid on the-day of July, A. D., 1899, at the county of…
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