Case Name: UNITED STATES v. ROLLINSON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1810-11
Citations: 27 F. Cas. 894
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. ROLLINSON.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 27
Pages: 894–894

Head Matter:
Case No. 16,191.
UNITED STATES v. ROLLINSON.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 13.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1810.
Criminal Daw—Evidence—Bawdt-House.
On a prosecution for keeping a bawdy-house, the United States cannot give evidence of the general reputation of the house.
Indictment [against Polly Rollinson] for keeping a bawdy-house.
Mr. Jones, for the United States,
asked the witness whether the house was generally reputed to be a house of ill-fame.
E. J. Lee objected.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, absent)
decided that the question was improper.