Parker v. People
Appellate Court of Illinois
Indictment for Keeping House of Ill-Fame.—Error to the County Court of Rock Island County; the Hon. Lucian Adams, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the October term, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Higbee
On June 5, 1900, plaintiff in error was indicted in the Circuit Court of Bock Island County, under section Bo. 57 of the criminal code. There were two counts in the indictment. The first was for keeping a house of ill-fame, and the second charged that he “ a common, ill-governed and disorderly house, to the encouragement of idleness, gaming, drinking, fornication and other misbehavior, did then and there unlawfully keep and maintain.”
The case was certified to the County Court, where it was tried at the July term, 1900. The jury found Parker guilty, under the second count.
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