People v. Wallach
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from court of general sessions, New York county. Sampson Wallatih was indicted for knowingly permitting premises owned by him to be occupied as a house of ill fame, and from a judgment of the general sessions affirming a judgment of conviction by the special sessions defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBarrett, J.
The defendant was tried in the court of special sessions for the misdemeanor of permitting certain premises in this city, of which he was the owner, to be kept, maintained, and occupied as a house of prostitution, in violation of section 322 of the Penal Code. The fact that the defendant was the owner of these premises, and that they were so kept, was abundantly established, and the only question in the case is as to the defendant’s guilty knowledge. That such guilty knowledge must be shown is undoubtedly the law. It may, however, like any other fact, be shown by circumstantial evidence. We…
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