Threlkeld v. State

MORRISON, Presiding Judge.

Our prior opinion is withdrawn.

The offense is pandering; the punishment, 20 years.

The indictment alleged that appellant did unlawfully, by means of an agreement of compensation, procure and attempt to procure, and was concerned in procuring the named female with her consent, as an inmate of and for a house of prostitution, the same kept for prostitution and where prostitutes were permitted to and did resort and reside for the purpose of plying their vocation.

*94The court, in his charge, defined a “house of prostitution” as meaning a house or place kept for prostitution…