Rogers v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to Criminal Court of Arapahoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtHelm, J.
The principal question presented in this case may be briefly stated as follows: Does the statute of 1885, which confers upon the city council of. Denver power, by ordinance, “exclusively to prohibit and suppress -x- * -x- dance-houses, bawdy-houses, disorderly houses, houses of ill fame or assignation, or any place for the practice of lewdness or fornication within said city,” have the effect of suspending, within the corporate limits of the city, the operation, pro tanto, of section 839 of the General Statutes, which reads: “ If any person shall be guilty of open lewdness, or other notorious…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. ClarkeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Brown v. City of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
- Carpenter v. People ex rel. TilfordSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
- State v. DeBarSupreme Court of Missouri · 1874
- Huffsmith v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1884
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Martinez v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1943
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