Jones v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was prosecuted and convicted of pandering, in that he procured a place in a house of prostitution for one Lillian Powell, and his punishment assessed at five years confinement in the State penitentiary.

Florence Hughes, in her testimony, admitted that she was running a house of prostitution, and testified: “My name is Florence Hughes; I live at The Brick, in Wichita Falls, Texas. I have seen the defendant, E. J. Jones, several times. Lillian Powell rooms and boards with me; I suppose that Lillian Powell is a woman; she is a prostitute. The first time that I ever saw…