Commonwealth v. Berney
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 38, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. B, J. Berney. Indictment for leasing a house to- be conducted as a common bawdy house. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed that defendant pay costs and undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for forty-five days.
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Appeal, No. 130, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of Q. S. Blair Co., Oct. T., 1915, No. 38, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. B, J. Berney. Indictment for leasing a house to- be conducted as a common bawdy house. Before Baldrige, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Verdict of guilty upon which judgment of sentence was passed that defendant pay costs and undergo an imprisonment in the county jail for forty-five days. Errors assigned, among others, were (1) in submitting the case to the jury and (3) the portion of the charge relating to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Williams, J.,
The appellant was tried and convicted of having knowingly let or demised a certain house to one Had McKee *436“to be by her kept, maintained and conducted as a common bawdy house and place for the practice of fornication.”
The testimony of the Commonwealth was that the McKee woman had been solicited by the defendant to come to the toAvn where he lived and open a bawdy house in property belonging to his wife for whom he acted as agent; that the house was turned over to the McKee woman under an agreement of sale which provided that she should pay $200 down and $55 a month…
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