State v. Wilson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from White Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of White county for violating what is known as the “Pandering Act”, Act.
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Appeal from White Circuit Court; J. M. Jackson, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. Appellant was indicted by the grand jury of White county for violating what is known as the “Pandering Act”, Act. No. 105 of the Acts of the General Assembly of 1913. The indictment, formal parts omitted', reads as follows : “Did then .and there unlawfully .and feloniously, by promises, threats, violence, devices, and schemes,' fraud ■and artifices, duress of person .and goods and the use of his position of confidence, inveigle, entice, persuade, encourage and procure one Mabel Slaughter, a female, to be taken .and…
1Opinion of the Court
Kirby, J.,
(after stating the facts). In Boyle v. State, 110 Ark. 318, this statute was construed, ‘and this court held that when defendant took the woman to a place where .prostitution was practiced for the purpose of prostitution, whether she went voluntarily or not, he was -guilty, under the statute .and -said: “It was necessary for the State to show under the charge made in the indictment that the house to which Birdie Taylor was taken was a place in which prostitution was practiced, encouraged or allowed and that she was taken there for the purpose of prostitution.” After saying the proof…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Boyle v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1913
- Lee v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1914