Lowenstein v. People
New York Supreme Court
THIS is a writ of error to the court of sessions of the county of Monroe. The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced by said court upon an indictment containing four counts. The first being for keeping a disorderly house; the second for keeping a gaming house; the third for keeping a bawdy house ; the fourth for renting a house with the intent that the same should he kept for the purposes of prostitution.
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THIS is a writ of error to the court of sessions of the county of Monroe. The defendant was tried, convicted, and sentenced by said court upon an indictment containing four counts. The first being for keeping a disorderly house; the second for keeping a gaming house; the third for keeping a bawdy house ; the fourth for renting a house with the intent that the same should he kept for the purposes of prostitution. Evidence was given by the people tending to show that the defendant was occasionally in the block, and that he received the rents for some of the rooms, and that the inmates of…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
E. Darwin Smith, J.
The case of The People v. Erwin (4 Denio, 129) decides that the owner of a house who rents it to be used and kept as a house of prostitution is to be deemed to keep such house, and is liable to indictment and conviction as the keeper of a bawdy house. The principle of this rule applies to any person who is personally concerned in the keeping of such a house. In misdemeanors there are no accessories. All who.procure, counsel, aid or abet the commission of the crime are principals.
In this case the defendant confessedly had the control of the premises in question,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. ErwinNew York Supreme Court · 1847
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