Laymaster v. Goodin
Supreme Court of Missouri
Habeas Corpus. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer to plaintiff’s petition on the ground that a court of equity has no jurisdiction to enjoin the commission of a crime, and neither has it jurisdiction to enjoin the maintenance of a bawdyhouse, or any other house not of a public character.
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Habeas Corpus. (1) The court should have sustained the demurrer to plaintiff’s petition on the ground that a court of equity has no jurisdiction to enjoin the commission of a crime, and neither has it jurisdiction to enjoin the maintenance of a bawdyhouse, or any other house not of a public character. State ex rel. v. Canty, 207 Mo. 455; State ex rel. v. Lamb, 237 Mo. 457. (2) It was the duty of the court to pass upon petitioner’s application for a change of venue, and if it was found that all the requirements of the statute had been conformed to, then it became mandatory upon the court to…
1Opinion of the Court
"WOODSON, J.
— This is an original proceeding— habeas corpus — fi}ed in this court by the petitioner, asking to be discharged from a sentence of ten days imprisonment in the county jail, imposed by the circuit court of Cole county, for the violation of a temporary injunction issued by it against her on the-day of--, 1913, “for setting up and keeping a common bawdyhouse” in Jefferson City, Missouri.
The facts are substantially as follows:
On July 19, 1913, the prosecuting attorney of Cole county filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court thereof, an information charging the petitioner…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Crow v. CantySupreme Court of Missouri · 1907
- State ex rel. Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1909
- State ex rel. Thrash v. LambSupreme Court of Missouri · 1911
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- State Ex Rel. Allai v. ThatchSupreme Court of Missouri · 1950
- State Ex Rel. Igoe v. JoyntSupreme Court of Missouri · 1937
- State Ex Rel. Orr v. KearnsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1924
- State v. ChambersMissouri Court of Appeals · 1916