Sterling v. State

Appellant was convicted in the county court at law of Tarrant county of procuring, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $50 and 30 days in the county jail.

The principal state witness was an officer in the city of Port Worth, who went down to the- hotel at which appellant was employed as porter, went in, and accosted the appellant and told him that he wanted a room and was told, to register, he asked what it would cost, and was told a dollar, which he paid, and, according to his own testimony, he then asked appellant, “Have you got any women here?” and appellant told him that he had, and…