State v. Bentz
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- State v. McAninch (Iowa 1915)
- State v. Gill (Iowa 1911)
- State v. Keithley (Mo. Ct. App. 1910)
- Goldstein v. . People of the State of N.Y. (N.Y. 1880)
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Opinion of the Court
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This was an indictment against John Bentz and Catharine Bentz for keeping a bawdy house. The indictment was quashed, on motion of the defendants, because they were jointly indicted. It was held, -in Queen vs. Williams, (1 Salk., 384) that a wife, as well as her husband, could be indicted for keeping a bawdy house — because the wife, as well as the husband, might have a share in the management or government of a disorderly house. They may he indicted jointly. 2 Ch. Cr. L., 39; State vs. Harrison, et al., 9 Mo. R. Judgment reversed.
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