Supreme Court of Missouri, 1847

State v. Bentz

State v. Bentz
Supreme Court of Missouri · Decided October 15, 1847 · Napton
11 Mo. 27

State v. Bentz

Opinion of the Court

Napton, J.,

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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