#### The People of the State of Illinois, Defendant in Error, v. Henry Brown, Plaintiff in Error.

Gen. No. 23,391. (Not to be reported in full.)

Abstract of the Decision.

Disorderly house, § 8 * —who is inmate of. The word "inmate” as used in section 57a—1 of the Criminal Code [Callaghan’s 1916 St. Supp. f 3591(1)] refers only to a woman who is in a house of ill-fame for the purpose of plying the business of fornication, and a male cannot be convicted thereunder.

Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Harry M. Fisher, Judge, presiding.

Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the October term, 1917.

Reversed.

Opinion filed March 12, 1918.

Statement of the Case.

Prosecution by the People of the State of Illinois, plaintiff, against Henry Brown, defendant, for being an inmate of a house of ill-fame for the- practice of fornication. To reverse a judgment finding plaintiff guilty, he prosecutes this writ of error.

N. A. Kaufmann, for plaintiff in error.

Maclay Hoyne, for defendant in error; George C. Bliss, of counsel.

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See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.

Mr. Justice McDonald

delivered the opinion of the court.