State v. Dodd

Citations

• 84 Wash. 436
• 147 P. 9
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 1306

Syllabus

<p>Prostitution — Information—Sufficiency. Under Bern. & Bal. Code, § 2240, subd. 1, making it a felony to place a female in the charge or custody of another person for immoral purposes, or in a house of prostitution . . . etc., an information charging the accused with placing his wife in charge of another for immoral purposes, to wit, in the charge of S., although following the language of the statute, is insufficient, since the statute is couched in general terms, capable of being applied to a variety of acts, making it necessary to charge the act or acts relied upon falling within the general terms of the statute.</p> <p>Same. For the same reason, under Bern. & Bal. Code, § 2240, subd. 5, making it a felony to solicit any person to go to a house of prostitution for any immoral purpose, an information in the language of the statute is insufficient if it fails to charge what particular immoral purpose or purposes the solicitation covered and were relied upon to constitute the offense.</p> <p>Same. Under Bern. & Bal. Code, § 2440, subd. 5, making it a felony to solicit any person to have sexual intercourse with a common prostitute, an information charging the accused with soliciting a person to have sexual intercourse with one D. with intent that she should become a common prostitute is insufficient.</p> <p>Indictment and Information — Bequisites—Directness and Certainty — Prostitution. Under Bern. & Bal. Code, § 2240, subd. 4, making it a felony for the husband to “connive at, consent to, or permit” his wife’s being or remaining in any house of prostitution or leading a life of prostitution, an information charging the offense only by inference, in that it merely alleged that he solicited certain persons to go to a house of prostitution, and to have sexual intercourse with her with intent that she should lead a life of prostitution, is insufficient, in view of Id., § 2057, requiring the information to be direct and certain as to the crime charged and the circumstan