Martin v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSpratley, J.
William Moses Martin was indicted by a grand jury, duly impanelled in the Corporation Court of Danville, upon two counts under sec. 18-97, Code of Virginia, 1950, commonly known as the pandering statute. The first count charged him with the crime of pandering. The second count charged that he: “feloniously did place in his dwelling house, a certain female, to-wit, Helen Watlington for the purpose of causing her to cohabit with male persons, and did attempt to receive money or other things of value therefor”; that is, charged him with an attempt to commit the crime of pandering.
Upon his trial,…
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