People v. Hanrahan
Michigan Supreme Court
Certiorari to recorder’s court of the city of Detroit. (William Look, one of the judges of the Wayne circuit court, presiding at the request of Recorder Swift.) Respondent was convicted, on his plea of guilty, in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, under an ordinance of said city, of keeping a house of ill fame, and sentenced to pay a fine of $500forthwith, and, in default thereof, to be committed to the Detroit House of Correction until payment of said fine, not…
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Certiorari to recorder’s court of the city of Detroit. (William Look, one of the judges of the Wayne circuit court, presiding at the request of Recorder Swift.) Respondent was convicted, on his plea of guilty, in the recorder’s court of the city of Detroit, under an ordinance of said city, of keeping a house of ill fame, and sentenced to pay a fine of $500forthwith, and, in default thereof, to be committed to the Detroit House of Correction until payment of said fine, not exceeding six months, which sentence was affirmed in the Supreme Court. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
For many years prior to 1887 there existed a statute relating to offenses against chastity, morality, and decency, which reads as follows:
“ Every person who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, or by fine not exceeding three hundred dollars.” How. Stat. § 9286.
At the session of the Legislature in 1887 this section was amended by Act No. 34, so as to read as follows:
“ Every person who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted ■to for the purpose of prostitution or…
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