Commonwealth v. Cheney

114 Mass. 281

Opinion

By the Court.

The instruction requested was rightly re-

fused. At common law, and under the Gen. Sts. c. 87, § 7, a married woman may be indicted, and upon appropriate evidence convicted, either separately or jointly with her husband, of keeping a house of ill fame, even if he resides with her in the house, Commonwealth v. Lewis, 1 Met. 151. Commonwealth v. Tryon, 99 Mass. 442.

Exceptions overruled.