Mead

The defendant was convicted of the crime of conniving at, consenting to, and permitting his wife to be placed in a house of prostitution, as defined by the act of 1891 (Stats. 1891, p. 285), and appeals from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial.

1. The first error that is assigned is the denial of his motion in arrest of judgment made upon the ground that the information is defective. The provisions of the act defining th,e crime, so far as applicable, are as follows: “Any man who connives at, consents to, or permits the placing or leaving of his wife in a house of prostitution, -or allows or permits his wife to remain therein, shall be guilty of a felony,” etc. The information charges that the defendant at the time and place stated “did then and there willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously connive at, consent to, and permit the placing and leaving of one Gertie Raymond Mead, then and there and at all times herein mentioned the wife of said Fred Mead, in a house of prostitution, situate,” etc. The contention of the defendant is, that this statute is not to be construed literally so as td forbid a husband to place his wife in a house of…