4 D.C. 423
Decided March 15, 1834
Indictment for keeping a bawdy-house. Mabala Tennison, a witness for the United States, had stated that she had lived in the house, and was asked what other women lived there. objected to the question, and cited Hodgkins’s case, Russel, 619. then called a witness to prove that his witness, Mahala Tennison, was a woman of ill fame.
Decided 1834-03-15
¶1(nem. con.) overruled the objection, but refused (Cranch, C. J., doubting,) to require the witness to disclose the names of the women ; because the persons, if named, would have no means of repelling the infamy which it would cast upon them.
¶2Mr. Brent, for the defendant, objected, and
¶3The Court (nem. con.) sustained the objection.
¶4Verdict, not guilty.