Commonwealth v. Butler

Per Curiam,

The appellant was convicted upon an indictment containing two counts, the first count charging keeping a disorderly house and the second keeping a bawdy-house. It is entirely competent upon the trial of a charge of this character for the Commonwealth to introduce evidence as to what occurred in the rooms of the house to which all persons who called were admitted; that lewd women resorted to the house, and that the women were guilty of indecent solicitation in those public rooms, this for the purpose of showing the character of the house. The fact that the proprietress of the house…