Hi, I'm hoping someone can explain to me why someone would be arrested for a disorderly house. What was the "then" definition of a disorderly house? I thought at first it was because these persons were not married, yet living as man and wife, but in one of the cases it refers to "his wife", so I ruled that out. Would it be possibly be the equivalent of today's term, "domestic disturbance"? Also, I don't understand the charge of "being inmates". Meaning, too many persons living in a given abode? Being held by force? Could someone please explain these terms to me? (highlighted below) Thanks, Dianne (this is when I wish Mom or Grandma were still around to ask!) :) in reference to: RAID TWO ALLEGED DISORDERLY HOUSES; SEVEN UNDER ARREST Two alleged disorderly houses were raided by the police, one at 443 Clinton avenue north by Special Officer DOHERTY of the Franklin street station, and the other at 306 Meigs street by Special Officer SCHNEIDER and Patrolmen YOKEL and MORPHET of the University avenue station. Walter SOSNOWICZ, 31, 406 Hudson avenue, and Mabel FREDERICK, 25, 80 Plymouth avenue south, were arraigned in City Court this morning on charges of being keepers at 443 Clinton avenue north. They pleaded not guilty and their cases were adjourned to July 22. John CASEY, 27, 93 Elm street, pleaded not guilty to a charge of permitting his wife to remain in an alleged disorderly house and his case was adjourned to July 22. His wife was charged with being an inmate and she pleaded not guilty. Her case was adjourned until the same date. Helen CASELLO, also known as Ruth DECKER, 22, did not appear on a charge of maintaining an alleged disorderly house at 306 Meigs street and her bail of $100 was forfeited. Lawrence MARINO, 35, 180 Davis street, known by the police as "Scullyy." and Peggy MALONE, 20, 306 Meigs street, pleaded not guilty to charges of being inmates and the cases were adjourned until July 28.

Dianne... You know what I thought it sounded like a house of ill-repute... a bordello... house of sin... what do you think? Lois Ann Hi, I'm hoping someone can explain to me why someone would be arrested for a disorderly house. What was the "then" definition of a disorderly house? I thought at first it was because these persons were not married, yet living as man and wife, but in one of the cases it refers to "his wife", so I ruled that out. Would it be possibly be the equivalent of today's term, "domestic disturbance"? Also, I don't understand the charge of "being inmates". Meaning, too many persons living in a given abode? Being held by force? Could someone please explain these terms to me? (highlighted below) Thanks, Dianne (this is when I wish Mom or Grandma were still around to ask!) :) in reference to: RAID TWO ALLEGED DISORDERLY HOUSES; SEVEN UNDER ARREST Two alleged disorderly houses were raided by the police, one at 443 Clinton avenue north by Special Officer DOHERTY of the Franklin street station, and the other at 306 Meigs street by Special Officer SCHNEIDER and Patrolmen YOKEL and MORPHET of the University avenue station. Walter SOSNOWICZ, 31, 406 Hudson avenue, and Mabel FREDERICK, 25, 80 Plymouth avenue south, were arraigned in City Court this morning on charges of being keepers at 443 Clinton avenue north. They pleaded not guilty and their cases were adjourned to July 22. John CASEY, 27, 93 Elm street, pleaded not guilty to a charge of permitting his wife to remain in an alleged disorderly house and his case was adjourned to July 22. His wife was charged with being an inmate and she pleaded not guilty. Her case was adjourned until the same date. Helen CASELLO, also known as Ruth DECKER, 22, did not appear on a charge of maintaining an alleged disorderly house at 306 Meigs street and her bail of $100 was forfeited. Lawrence MARINO, 35, 180 Davis street, known by the police as "Scullyy." and Peggy MALONE, 20, 306 Meigs street, pleaded not guilty to charges of being inmates and the cases were adjourned until July 28. ==== NY-OLD-NEWS Mailing List ==== New York Newspapers http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com/NY/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.362 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/02