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Approx. 8 1/2 X 14 in. (creasing, light wear to edges and corners). Docketed verso. Signed by District Attorney Guy C. Hinman. Partly printed document accomplished in manuscript presents findings of the Grand Inquest of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, first that Josephine Brown and John Johnson "did keep & maintain a common ill governed & disorderly house to the encouragement of idleness and other misbehavior to the common nuisance & disturbance of the neighborhood..." and further, that the two "did keep and maintain a common Bawdy House for the practice of fornication to the great disturbance and common nuisance of all good people..." 

[With:] Subpoena for witnesses to give testimony in the case between the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, plaintiff, and Josephine Brown and John Johnson, defendants. Williamsport, PA, 20 April 1874. 8 3/8 x 7 in. (light creasing, some rips and tears to edges, light staining). Docketed verso. Accompanied by printed envelope for the court of Lycoming Co. inscribed with a different case date and name.