Lane v. State

BERRY, Judge.

The offense is pandering; the punishment is five years in the penitentiary.

The appellant was convicted on the first count in an indictment which- charge'd that by the abuse of a position of confidence and authority he did procure, cause, induce, entice, persuade and encourage a female, to-wit, Ruby Lane, to become and remain in a house, room and place in which prostitution was then and there encouraged and allowed for the purpose of prostitution, etc.

In the view we take of the case, it is not necessary to discuss but one question. The State’s testimony shows that Ruby Lane was…