What constitutes 'house of ill-fame' in the California Criminal Code and what constitutes pandering?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Charles, 218 Cal.App.2d 812, 32 Cal.Rptr. 653 (Cal. App. 1963):

The commission of any one of the acts described in the foregoing code section constitutes the offense of pandering; may involve the commission of other acts separately described therein; and, for this reason, a description of the one act may include the others. (People v. Montgomery, 47 Cal.App.2: 1, 23-26, 117 P.2d 437.) The terms 'house of prostitution' and 'house of ill-fame' are used synonymously. The statute endeavors 'to cover all the various ramifications of the social evil of pandering and include them all in the definition of the crime, with a view of effectively combatting the evil sought to be condemned.' (People v. Montgomery, supra, 47 Cal.App.2d 1, 24, 117 P.2d 437, 451.) The charge in the subject information that the defendants 'did attempt to procure a female person to become an inmate in a house of ill-fame' clearly alleges an attempt to commit an offense defined by the statute; is included within the conduct of a person who '(a) procures a female inmate for a house of prostitution; or (b) by promises * * * or by any device or scheme, causes, induces, persuades or encourages a female person to become an inmate of a house of prostitution' (People v. Montgomery, supra, 47 Cal.App.2d 1, 9, 12, 117 P.2d 437; People v. Wright, 26 Cal.App.2d 197, 201, 79 P.2d 102); and is adequately supported by the evidence hereinafter noted.

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