CO129-203 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [10] — Page 437

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imporio

a

penalty

found in

on women

an unlicensed brothel

for the purposes of prostitution

" on proof thereof to the

satisfaction of

a

Magistrate-

How the "proof" is the difficulty which led to the informers, the

and the attendant

"marked money abuses which I propose that a

are condemned.

portion of

Section 4

of

Ord: 12 of 1857 be

re-enacted. viz:- That "the averment

of

two witnesses made upon oath

house

" or by declaration that

"or part of

any a house is occupied

ae

а

Brothel

may

be received as

" sufficient evidence of such fact."

Brothel should be defined

ax

meaning

meaning " any house on pant of

a house in which women live,

reside or

frequent for purposes of

prostitution. " I should then propose to throw the proof upon any

woman found in house declared by the Magistrate

to be a Brothel that she was

not there for purposes of

prostitution (c) Protected

again

and

a

womens. It has been

again pointed out

that under this name much

prostitution is carried on, and I think that the most practical plan is to adopt the recommendation of Dr Trello H. N. and make the protectors responsible that the

residences.

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