Legal Opinion
People v. Mallette
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided February 20, 1890PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Exceptions before judgment from Menominee. (Steere, J.) Respondent was convicted of keeping a house of ill fame. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
Respondent was convicted of keeping a house of ill fame in the city of Menominee, between December 1 and 17, 1889.
The charter of the city of Menominee, granted in 1883, provided that the common council “might prohibit and suppress all disorderly houses and places, houses of ill fame, assignation houses,” etc., and punish the keepers thereof by a fine not to exceed $500, or by imprisonment not to exceed six months.
The statute under which respondent was convicted was passed March 18, 1887.1 It provides that—
“Every person who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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