Commonwealth v. Sarves
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, Feb. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 73, on sentence of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Ellen Sarves. Indictment for keeping a bawdy house.
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Appeal, No. 7, Feb. T., 1901, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Lycoming Co., Sept. T., 1900, No. 73, on sentence of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. Ellen Sarves. Indictment for keeping a bawdy house. At the trial a witness for the commonwealth was asked this question: “ Q. How many times during the week — during each week during the last two years, have you had opportunity of knowing how frequently men entered this place on Walnut street?” Mr. Reilly: Objected to for the reason that it is leading; second, because incompetent, irrelevant and immaterial. The Court: We will receive it. To…
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Orlady, J.,
The defendant was convicted, under the 43d section of the penal code of 1860, of keeping and maintaining a common bawdy house or place for the practice of fornication. In this case, as presented by the record, there are no specially new questions differing from those decided by this court in Commonwealth v. Murr, 7 Pa. Superior Ct. 391. While the printed record indicates that in the contest before the jury excessive earnestness on the part of contending counsel was displayed, and expressions of very doubtful professional propriety were used, yet it is not clear that the…
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