This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
If the owner of a house leases it for the purpose of keeping a bawdy house, or with knowledge that it is to be kept for that purpose, he is liable criminally.84 A bawdy house or house of ill-fame is a common nuisance, being a place tending to corrupt the morals of the community.85
 
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