Clinton v. Commonwealth

Catherine Clinton was indicted on two counts charging (1) that she did feloniously receive money from the earnings of Katherine R. Taylor, who was engaged in prostitution, for a consideration not deemed good and valuable in law in violation of § 18.1-208, Code of 1950, as amended, and (2) that she did unlawfully and feloniously place Katherine R. Taylor in a house of prostitution with intent that she should live a life of prostitution in violation of § 18.1-205. The jury found defendant guüty as charged under the first count and fixed her punishment at 5 years imprisonment and a fine of $500.…