Commonwealth v. Cheney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Commonwealth v. Cheney

114 Mass. 281

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedNovember 15, 1873

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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Commonwealth v. Cheney, 114 Mass. 281 (Mass. 1873).

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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.

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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.

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