Jenks v. State
Wisconsin Supreme Court
EBBOB to the Municipal Court of the City and County of Milwaukee, The plaintiff in error was indicted in said court at the October term, 1862, for keeping a house of ill fame, “ at the city of Milwaukeein the county of Milwaukee.” At the trial, she objected to the reception of any evidence, and moved to quash the indictment, on the ground that the offense was not sufficiently charged therein. Motion denied.
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EBBOB to the Municipal Court of the City and County of Milwaukee, The plaintiff in error was indicted in said court at the October term, 1862, for keeping a house of ill fame, “ at the city of Milwaukeein the county of Milwaukee.” At the trial, she objected to the reception of any evidence, and moved to quash the indictment, on the ground that the offense was not sufficiently charged therein. Motion denied. It appeared, among other things, from the evidence on the part of the prosecution, that wine and other intoxicating drinks were carried into the house occupied by the accused (and alleged…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
PAINE, J.
It is claimed by the plaintiff in error that the judgment should have been arrested for the insufficiency of the indictment, in not stating more particularly the place where the house of ill fame was kept, the allegation being a general one, that it was kept in the city of Milwaukee. But there are no authorities sustaining such a position.
It is true that in indictments for some nuisances, it would be necessary to set forth the location of the premises, and the relation of the nuisance to other premises which were affected by it, in order to show that there was any…
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