State v. Wells
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Mahaslca District Oowrt. An information was filed before the mayor of the city of Oskaloosa, charging defendant with keeping a house of ill fame, contrary to an ordinance of the city. Upon a trial defendant was convicted and, appealing to the District Court, another trial and conviction followed. He now appeals to this court. The facts of the case involved in the questions decided appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i constitupuu^fimeu*: °ioipai corpol rations. I. Objections, in proper form and at proper times, were made in the court below to the jurisdiction of the mayor) on' the ground that he cannot, by ordinaBce °f the city, be empowered to punish defendant for the crime charged in the information, namely, keeping a house of ill fame. Ordinance No. 6, section 7, provides “that no person shall, within the corporate limits of this city, keep any house' of ill fame, bawdy house, or house of assignation.” Section 26 prescribes the punishment for .violation of this ordinance.
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