Commonwealth v. Altenhaus

The defendant, a hotel proprietor, was found guilty by a jury on two complaints. In one he was charged with having knowingly permitted, as a licensed innholder, the premises under his control to be used for immoral conduct, in violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 140, § 26. The other complaint alleged that while in charge of a hotel register he knowingly permitted "to be written in said register another or different name . . . than the true name or name in ordinary use of the persons registering,” in violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 140, § 29.

At the close of the evidence the defendant moved for a *271…