State v. Brunell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 21 state decisions

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1. ““We think the correct rule of evidence in this case and in like cases, is, that the prosecution must in the first instance introduce testimony showing or tending to show that the defendant is the keeper of the house alleged to be a common bawdy house; and then testimony of the general reputation of the house, of the persons frequenting the same, and of the defendant, is admissible, as tending to show the real character of the house. The prosecution is not required to show particular acts of lewdness or prostitution in the house. If the evidence 'demonstrates that it is resorted to by people of both sexes who are reputed to be of lewd and lascivious character, and that it is generally reputed to be a bawdy house, the jury are authorized, if they see fit, to find therefrom that it is a bawdy house. And the more especially are they authorized so to find, if it further appears that the general reputation of the keeper of the house is as bad as the reputation of those who frequent it.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Whitlock v. State