People v. De Martini

The defendant -was charged by information with" the crime of pandering, committed in the city and county of San Francisco, in that he did willfully and feloniously, and by promise of a salary of thirty-five dollars per month, and by other devices, cause, induce, persuade and encourage a certain woman (naming her) to become an inmate of a house of prostitution. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced. The appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial.

The information charges the offense in the language of the statute, stating also the place where it was committed, and in fact every other element necessary to constitute the completed crime, defendant’s contention to the contrary notwithstanding. The offense designated is what is'termed generally a statutory crime, and it was sufficient to describe it in the charging part of the paper in the words of the statute. (People v. Gordon, 133 Cal. 328 , [ 85 Am. St. Rep. 174 , 65 Pac. 746 ]; People v. Frigerio, 107 Cal. 151 , [ 40 Pac. 107 ].)

It was unnecessary for the information to show the particular house of prostitution of which the woman was induced to become an inmate.

While the…