People v. Bellamy

NEEDHAM, J., pro tem.

The defendant was charged by an indictment of the grand jury of the county of Sacramento with the crime of pimping, as defined by the Statutes of 1911, page 10, which reads as follows:

“Section 1. Any male person who, knowing a female person to be a prostitute, shall live or derive support or maintenance, in whole or in part, from the earnings or proceeds of the prostitution of such prostitute, or from moneys loaned or advanced to or charged against such prostitute by any keeper or manager or inmate of a house or other place where prostitution is practiced or allowed, or…