Commonwealth v. Bulman

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Commonwealth v. Bulman, 118 Mass. 456 (Mass. 1875)
1875 Mass. LEXIS 400
Gray

Commonwealth v. Bulman

Opinion of the Court

Gray, C. J.

Under an indictment at common law, such as this is, for keeping a disorderly house, it is no variance that the defendant kept only a single room. Regina v. Pierson, 1 Salk. 382; S. C. 2 Ld. Raym. 1197. The common law knows no such offence as keeping a “ disorderly tenement.” Commonwealth v. Wise, 110 Mass. 181. The decision in Commonwealth v. McCaughey, 9 Gray, 296, was under a statute which prohibited the keeping of “ all buildings, places or tenements,” used for certain unlawful purposes, and was thereby held to have made a distinction between “ buildings ” and “ tenements.” Gen. Sts. c. 87, § 6. Commonwealth v. Godley, 11 Gray, 454. Commonwealth v. Shattuck, 14 Gray, 23. Exceptions overruled.

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Full Case Name
Commonwealth v. Cornelius Bulman
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2 cases
Status
Published