State v. Perry

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction of the crime of vagrancy in being a common prostitute (ORS 166.060).

A police officer with the vice division of the Portland Police Bureau, struck up a conversation with defendant in a Portland bar. He asked her if she knew the whereabouts of a certain girl (a prostitute with whom he had previously made contact). Defendant said, “Maybe I better be talking to you.” The rest of the episode was described by the police officer as follows :

“A * * * [Tjhen she says, ‘Are you looking for a girl?’ Or a lady, one of the two, and I says, ‘Yeah, I guess I…