State v. Des Moines Union Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Pollc District Court.— Hon. James A. HowE', Judge. The defendant in each of the seven eases was indicted for having leased a house for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness. To each indictment a demurrer was interposed, which was overruled, and the defendant in each ease, having elected to stand on the ruling and refused to plead over, was condemned to pay a fine, and appeals. By agreement the seven cases are submitted together.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, C. J.
1. Disorderly house: indictment: duplicity. The only points raised by the demurrers to the several indictments are whether they are bad (1) because of duplicity; and (2) uncertainty. All were alike save names of lessees, and alleged that defendant “ on or about the 7th day of November, A. D. 1905, in the county of Polk, in the State of Iowa, did willfully and unlawfully let a certain house and building then and there situated in Polk county, Iowa, to one Sadie Stanley, knowing that the lessee thereof intended to use such house and place so let by the defendant as a house, place and resort for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State v. LoserSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- State v. Ridley & JohnsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1878
- State v. AbrahamsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1858
- State v. ShawSupreme Court of Iowa · 1872
- State v. PhippsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. BeckwithSupreme Court of Iowa · 1951
- State v. DvoracekSupreme Court of Iowa · 1908
- State v. CorwinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- City of Ottumwa v. StickelSupreme Court of Iowa · 1923
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of Iowa · 1953
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