People v. Benenato

The appellant, Louise Clark, was indicted jointly with the other defendants, under section 182 of the Penal Code, for conspiracy in Sacramento County, in June, 1945, “to procure one Nina Ezelle, a female, for a house of prostitution.” A second count of the indictment charged them with an attempt to commit the crime of pandering contrary to the provisions of the Statutes of 1911, page 9 (1 Deering's Gen. Laws, p. 855, Act 1906) by causing, inducing, persuading and encouraging Nina Ezelle “to become an inmate of a house of prostitution.” The codefendant, Manuel Strite, was not apprehended or…