State v. Fleeman

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The defendant was convicted of maintaining a place where prostitution was practiced, contrary to the provisions of section 2 of chapter 179 of the Laws of 1913 (Gen. Stat. 1915, § 3647), miscalled in extravagant newspaper phrase “the white slave law.”

The defendant contends the matter published in the statute book never became a law.

The original bill was house bill No. 40. It was amended in committee of the whole according to the recommendation of the judiciary committee, and was passed by the house on January 23, 1913. The bill was amended in…