People v. Jackson

Defendant was convicted of the offense of pimping in violation of 1 Deering’s General Laws, Act 1907 (Stats. 1911 p. 10; amended by Stats. 1921 p. 96), as charged in Count 3 of the information. Counts 1 and 2 thereof were dismissed.

This appeal is from the judgment.

Appellant urges that the evidence is insufficient 1. to sustain the judgment; 2. to establish venue of the alleged offense in Los Angeles County.

In connection with his first point, appellant urges that it was not sufficiently established that he solicited for the complaining witness, a prostitute; or that he lived or derived support or maintenance in whole or in part from her earnings.

The applicable portion of the statute under which appellant was charged (1 Deering’s Gen. Laws, Act 1907, supra), provides:

The information in the case under consideration charges the offense in the conjunctive. Likewise, in People v. Giam bone, 119 Cal.App.2d 338 [ 259 P.2d 10 ]. There defendant was charged with soliciting and receiving compensation for soliciting for a prostitute and living and deriving support and maintenance in whole or in part from the earnings and proceeds of prostitution, and the court said at page 339: the…