MARTIN v. COMMONWEALTH


81 S.E.2d 574 (1954)

195 Va. 1107

MARTIN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 3, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter & Bendall, Danville, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., C. F. Hicks, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


SPRATLEY, Justice.

William Moses Martin was indicted by a grand jury, duly impanelled in the Corporation Court of Danville, upon two counts under sec. 18-97, Code of Virginia 1950, commonly known as the pandering statute. The first count charged him with the crime of pandering. The second count charged that he "feloniously did place in his dwelling house, a certain female, to-wit, Helen Watlington for the purpose of causing her to cohabit with male persons, and did...

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