Commonwealth v. Rivers

The defendant was convicted of keeping a house of ill fame in violation of G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 272, *226§ 24. The defendant, a widower, fifty-four years of age, had occupied these premises as his home for several years. A woman twenty-nine years of age, who was employed as his housekeeper, also lived there. One Mrs. Roche was living there as a guest of the housekeeper. At about forty-five minutes after one o’clock on the morning of April 25, 1927, two State police officers accompanied by two other persons called at the defendant’s home. They were admitted by the housekeeper. One of the men asked…