| John Bacon - 1825 - 404 páginas
...undersigned, overseers of the poor of the town of . . in said county, complains, that they have keeps a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, against the laws, peace and dignity of this Commonwealth. They therefore pray that a... | |
| Maine - 1841 - 922 páginas
...than one year, or by fine, not exceeding one thousand dollars. SECT. 15. Any person, who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail, not more than one year, or by fine, not exceeding... | |
| Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 páginas
...of the female unless the same be corroborated by other evidence. SEC. 79. Any person who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, shall be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars ; and any... | |
| Vermont - 1851 - 838 páginas
...a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars. (No. 33 of 1846.) SECT. 10. Every person, who shall keep a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison, not exceeding four years, or in the common jail... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1897 - 796 páginas
...he was first convicted. Two questions are presented for our consideration: 1. Whether a continuous keeping of a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution, etc., ia a continuing offense, so that a conviction bars another prosecution for such keeping previous... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1890 - 782 páginas
...be convicted. "9. Under the information in the case, the respondent cannot be convicted for keeping a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, simply because she is unchaste, lives by herself, and habitually admits one or many to... | |
| Rhode Island - 1857 - 882 páginas
...or guardian, or to be discharged, as law and justice may require. SEC. 6. Any person who shall keep a house of ill fame. resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, shall be imprisoned, not less than sixty days nor more than one year, or be fined not less than one... | |
| 1888 - 564 páginas
...is provided by chapter 142 of the Laws of the Twentieth General Assembly, that " if any person keeps a house of ill fame resorted to for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, such person shall be punished by imprisonment in the penitentiary not less than six months nor more... | |
| Iowa. Supreme Court - 1877 - 776 páginas
...abatement of the nuisance. A careful examination of these statutes will discover that section 4013 punishes the keeping of a house of ill fame resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, while section 4091 punishes the keeping of a house of ill fame for the purpose of prostitution... | |
| Thomas Foster Withrow, Edward Holcomb Stiles - 1879 - 556 páginas
...Jordan, 39 Iowa, 387. 70. : keeping house of ill fame. An indictment alleging that the defendant kept a house of ill fame, resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness, "and at which prostitution and lewdness were carried on and permitted, to the disturbance... | |
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