Edmons v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Appeal from, Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; G. C., Abernathy, Judge. W. R. Edmons was prosecuted in .the superior court of Pottawatomie county, charged with the offense of pandering. He was found guilty by the jury, and his punishment was assessed at three years’ imprisonment and a fine of $300, and he appeals.
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Appeal from, Superior Court, Pottawatomie County; G. C., Abernathy, Judge. W. R. Edmons was prosecuted in .the superior court of Pottawatomie county, charged with the offense of pandering. He was found guilty by the jury, and his punishment was assessed at three years’ imprisonment and a fine of $300, and he appeals. The evidence in the case was as follows: Sylvia Sekavee testified that she was 17 years old; that she had lived in Shawnee 12 years; her father was a car'penter, but was afflicted with rheumatism; that she went to school until she was past 16, and thereafter she was a waiter in…
1Opinion of the Court
FURMAN, J-
(after stating the facts as above). This prosecution is based upon section 2425, Eev. Laws 1910, which is as follows:
“Any person who shall procure a female inmate for a house of prostitution, or who, by promise, threats, violence or by any device or scheme shall cause, induce, persuade or encourage a female person to become an inmate of a house of prostitution; or shall procure a place as inmate in a house of prostitution for a female person; or who shall by promise, threats, violence, or by any device or scheme, causé,. induce,^ persuade or encourage an inmate of a house of…
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- Putman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1913
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