State v. Hanes
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Lincoln county, Sessions, J., entered April 6, 1914, upon a trial and conviction of placing a female in a house of prostitution.
1Opinion of the CourtChadwick, J.
Appellant was charged with the crime of placing a female in a house of prostitution, with intent that such female should live a life of prostitution. Rem. & Bal. *602Code, § 2440 (P. C. 135 § 375). He was convicted, and brings his case here, alleging a number of errors.
It is first contended that, whereas, the proof shows that the woman was in fact a prostitute, there could be no crime. Whatever may be the rule elsewhere, we think our statute is sufficiently broad in terms to include a case of this kind. It is said:
“Every person who shall place a female ... in a house of prostitution, with intent…
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