People v. Buck
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Ingham; Person, J. Jessie Buck was convicted, under the disorderly act, of being a common prostitute, and sentenced to imprisonment in the Detroit House of Correction for two years.
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
Respondent was convicted of being a disorderly person, to wit, a common prostitute, and was sentenced to the Detroit House of Correction for two years. The information contained the following language: “Said offense being, and is hereby charged as, a third offense.” There was no description of the pre*688vious alleged offenses, nor was it averred that there had been any previous convictions.
It is clear that, under the statute (section 1997al, 3 How. Stat.), it is not only necessary to charge the offense as a second or third offense, as the case may be, but it is also essential to charge that…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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