Commonwealth v. Carter
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint on the St. of 1866, c. 235, §§ 1, 3, to the municipal court of the city of Worcester, that at said city on January 1, 1871, and thenceforward continually to the date of the complaint, February 10, 1871, Ellen Carter “was an idle person, then and there having no visible means of support, and living without lawful employment.” At the trial in the superior court, on appeal, before Dewey, J., the following was all the evidence •
1Opinion of the Court
Washington A.
Washburn testified thus: “ I am a police officer of Worcester, and have known the defendant a year and a half. During that time she has been an inmate of a house of ill fame; sometimes at the 6 brick house ’ and sometimes at the ‘ farm.’ ■ I do not know that she has employment. .1 do not know about her means of support. I have seen her, within the time mentioned in the complaint, twice at the house called the ‘ farm,’ which is a house of ill fame, about two or three minutes each time; and three or four other times on the street, walking with other girls from the same institution.…
2Cited by1 opinion
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