Commonwealth v. Western Union Tel. Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 35 — Indictment fob Maintaining a Common Public Nuisance. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT. From a Judgment Sustaining a Demurrer to the Indictment the Commonwealth Appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE PAYNTER —
Affirming.
The indictments charge the appellee with the offense of unlawfully keeping’ and maintaining a common nuisance. Jt is averred in them that Ed. Alvey and others had1 a house in the city of Louisville, commonly called “The Kingston,” in their occupation and under their 'control, and habitually «old pools upon horse races run at various cities and places in the United States, and did habitually suffer, permit, and procure divers idle and evil disposed persons to habitually assemble in that house, who. engaged in betting, *356winning and losing…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Commonwealth v. ChurchillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
3Cited by11 opinions
- People v. BrophyCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1942
- City of Louisville v. WehmhoffCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Tollin v. StateNew York Court of General Session of the Peace · 1951
- State Ex Rel. Dooley v. ColemanSupreme Court of Florida · 1936
- Tollin v. StateSuperior Court of Delaware · 1951
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