Townsend v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the district court of Choctaw county upon a charge of pandering and was sentenced to serve a term of five years in the state penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500.

Section 1846, Comp. Stat. 1921, provides:

“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 who shall by promise, threats, violence, or by any device or…