Beck v. State

DICE, Judge.

Pandering is the offense; the punishment, enhanced by reason of two prior convictions for felonies less than capital, life imprisonment.

The conviction is under that portion of the pandering statute, Art. 519, V.A.P.C., which reads:

“Any person who shall procure or attempt to procure or be concerned in procuring with or without her consent a female for prostitution * * * shall be confined in the penitentiary for any term of years not less than two.”

Count #1 of the indictment under which appellant was convicted alleged that on or about the 6th day of February, 1961, he did unlawfully…