Clark v. State

HARPER, Judge.

Appellant was indicted charged with pandering, under that clause in the statute defining the offense thus: “by abuse of any position of confidence or authority procure a female to become or remain an inmate of a house of ill-fame, or to enter a place wherein prostitution is encouraged or allowed.” The indictment follows the language of the statute, and the court did not err in overruling the motion to quash it. It was not necessary to allege in the indictment the specific house. Sprague v. State, 44 S. W. Rep., 837; Lowe v. State, 4 Texas Crim. App., 34.

The bill of indictment in…