People v. Rogers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, • The People of the State of New York, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Bronx on the 29th day of June, 1916, allowing defendant’s demurrer to the indictment herein, upon the ground that the facts stated therein do not constitute a crime.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, J.:
There are three counts in the indictment. In the first count the defendant is charged with the crime of compulsory prostitution of women, in that the defendant “ feloniously did induce, entice and procure a certain woman, namely, Ida Walters, otherwise called Ida Rogers, to reside with him, the said Lorlys Elton Rogers, for immoral purposes, to wit, she, the said Ida Walters, otherwise called Ida Rogers, being then and there the kept mistress and not the wife of him, the said Lorlys Elton Rogers.” The second count in the indictment charged the defendant with the crime of compulsory…
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