State v. Nuttall

COMPTON, Justice.

Appellant W. A. Nuttall was convicted by a jury of Lea County of the crime of directing, taking and transporting two women, (naming them) to the Harden Hotel in Hobbs for prostitution.

The applicable statute is Section 41-3401, N.M.S.A., 1941 Comp., reading as follows :

“From and after the passage of this act, it shall be unlawful: * * *

"(d) To direct, take or transport, or offer or agree to take or transport, any person to any place, structure, or building, or to any other person with knowledge or reasonable cause to know that the purpose of such directing, taking, or…