Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 24 (2026)

Keeping house of ill fame

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Section 24. Whoever keeps a house of ill fame which is resorted to for prostitution or lewdness shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than two years.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1983–2023 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Mullane, 840 N.E.2d 484 (Mass. 2006).

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Commonwealth v. Mullane, 840 N.E.2d 484 (Mass. 2006). · cites it 6× “272, § 6; and keeping a house of ill fame, G. L. c. 272, § 24. The Appeals Court reversed the defendant’s convictions.”

Costa v. Fall River Hous. Auth., 903 N.E.2d 1098 (Mass. 2009). “272, § 53A, and keeping a house of ill fame, G. L. c. 272, § 24, the Fall River Housing Authority (FRHA) notified her it was terminating her participation in the Section 8 rent subsidy program.”

New Bedford Hous. Auth. v. Olan, 758 N.E.2d 1039 (Mass. 2001). “See G. L. c. 272, § 24. Section 15 makes it a crime to maintain a place for illegal gaming or a place for the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages.”

Costa v. Fall River Hous. Auth., 881 N.E.2d 800 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). “272, § 53A, and of keeping a house of ill fame under G. L. c. 272, § 24. By letter of July 12, 2004, the housing authority notified her of its intent to terminate her assistance as of *272 September 1, 2004, pursuant to 24 C.”

Commonwealth v. Cadoret, 447 N.E.2d 685 (Mass. App. Ct. 1983). · cites it 2× “272, § 6; keeping a house of ill fame on March 15, in violation of G.L.c. 272, § 24. [3] General Laws c. 140, § 201, provides in its entirety: "A sheriff, marshal or their deputies, a constable or police officer may at any time enter a billiard, pool or sippio room, bowling…”

Commonwealth v. Lopera, 674 N.E.2d 1340 (Mass. App. Ct. 1997). “” G. L. c. 272, § 24. At the trial, three police officers testified for the Com *134 monwealth.”

Commonwealth v. Mullane, 826 N.E.2d 207 (Mass. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “272, § 6) and keeping a house of ill fame (G. L. c. 272, § 24) because of the erroneous admission of evidence, objected to by the defense but admitted by the judge.”

Xu v. Garland, 26 F.4th 100 (1st Cir. 2022). “Some years later, in January of 2018, she was convicted of two Massachusetts state law offenses: "[k]eeping [a] house of ill fame," Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272 § 24, and money laundering, Mass.”

Commonwealth v. Hernandez, 102 N.E.3d 428 (Mass. App. Ct. 2018). “265, § 50, is unconstitutionally vague because it criminalizes the same conduct already proscribed by existing statutes. Specifically, she claims that one who acts as a joint venturer in committing the crimes of managing a place for unlawful sexual intercourse, G.”

Commonwealth v. Hayes (Mass. App. Ct. 2023). “272, § 7; keeping a house of ill fame, see G. L. c. 272, § 24; and money laundering, see G.”

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