State v. Osgood

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

State v. Osgood

27 A. 154, 85 Me. 288, 1893 Me. LEXIS 9

CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine

DecidedJanuary 27, 1893

StatusPublished

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State v. Osgood, 27 A. 154, 85 Me. 288, 1893 Me. LEXIS 9 (Me. 1893).

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Haskell, J.

Revised Statutes, c. 17, § § 1, 2, among other things, provides that "all places used as houses of ill-fame” are common nuisances; and "whoever keeps and maintains such nuisance” shall be punished.

This indictment charges that the defendant did keep and maintain a certain place, to wit., &c., used as a house of ill-fame, to the common nuisance, &c., in the precise language of the statute, and is sufficient. State v. Stanley, 84 Maine, 555 ; Stale v. Ryan, 81 Maine, 107. Exceptions overruled.

Peters, C. J. ,Walton, Libbey and Foster, JJ., concurred.

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Haskell, J.

Revised Statutes, c. 17, § § 1, 2, among other things, provides that "all places used as houses of ill-fame” are common nuisances; and "whoever keeps and maintains such nuisance” shall be punished.

This indictment charges that the defendant did keep and maintain a certain place, to wit., &c., used as a house of ill-fame, to the common nuisance, &c., in the precise language of the statute, and is sufficient. State v. Stanley, 84 Maine, 555 ; Stale v. Ryan, 81 Maine, 107. Exceptions overruled.

Peters, C. J. ,Walton, Libbey and Foster, JJ., concurred.

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