Brown

People v. Brown

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1923 Cal. App. LEXIS 597·61 Cal. App. 748·216 P. 58
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaApril 24, 1923Crim. No. 958.California1,882 words

Opinion

lead Opinion

Conrey, J.

The information in this action was in four counts, each charging a separate crime. The defendant was found guilty on the first count alone, wherein he was accused of the crime of pandering, in that on or about the nineteenth day of May, 1922, he did willfully and feloniously procure a female, a certain Mrs. Lundy, and feloniously did induce, persuade, and encourage said Mrs. Lundy to become an inmate of a house of prostitution. The defendant appeals from the judgment and from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

The evidence relied upon by the. prosecution consisted principally of the testimony of Mrs. Lundy and of several police officers. The errors claimed and relied upon by appellant are as follows:

1. That the court erred in refusing to instruct the jury, as requested by the defendant, concerning the manner in which the testimony of an accomplice is to be regarded, and concerning the corroboration required in order to authorize a conviction based upon the testimony of an accomplice.

2. That if the jury found as a matter of fact that Mrs. Lundy was an accomplice, her testimony was not sufficiently corroborated.

3. That the proof that the hotel, where, according to…

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