October 21 Ottawa Andrew MacKey, who […]

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1976-10-21

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October 21 Ottawa Andrew MacKey, who was the manager of the Club Baths when it was raided May 22, 1976, pleaded guilty to keeping a common bawdy house and was fined $500. Three other men pleaded guilty to being inmates (workers) in a bawdy house and were fined $100 each. Provincial Court judge Thomas Swabey questioned the bawdy house laws, in that homosexual activity in a private men's club "doesn't harm anyone" but said that there is "still a long way to go before the majority of a community will not be shocked by this sort of thing." (See also January 28, 1977.)

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The Club Baths Ottawa Ottawa

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Thomas Swabey Andrew MacKey

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Provincial Court of Ontario / Ontario Court of Justice

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"Homosexuals in Clubs Harmless, Judge Says," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 22 October 1976, p. 43.David Garmaise, "Club Baths Staff Fined," Body Politic, no. 29 (1976–77), p. 5 "Club Bath Fine $500," Ottawa Citizen, 22 October 1976, p. 2 "Baths Not Harmful Says Judge," Gay Rising, November 1976, p. 3

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