People ex rel. St. Clair v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator, Lilly St. Clair, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 9th day of May, 1910, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus.
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Appeal by the relator, Lilly St. Clair, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the Kings County Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Kings on the 9th day of May, 1910, dismissing a writ of habeas corpus. The complaint or affidavit of Officer T., upon which the relator was arraigned, stated that she was a “ common, prostitute and night walker, and that she was on the night of the 20th day of March, 1909, loitering in Bowery, that being a public thoroughfare and public place, soliciting and importuning men passing in and along said thoroughfare or place, for…
1Opinion of the Court
Bure, J.:
The relator was arrested and brought before a magistrate of' the city of New York charged with “ disorderly conduct — soliciting.” The information was that, being a common prostitute, she was on the night of March 20, 1909, loitering on the Bowery, which is a public thoroughfare, soliciting and importuning men passing in and along said thoroughfare, for the purpose of prostitution, to the great annoyance of the People of the State of New York residing in the neighborhood and passing thereby. After a plea of not guilty, evidence was introduced before the magistrate, she was convicted…
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