Department Two. March 19, Under Rem. Code, SS , subd. For the same reason, under Rem. An information is bad for duplicity where it charges the defendant with the three overt acts of 1 placing his wife in the charge of another person for immoral purposes, 2 of soliciting certain individuals to go to a house of prostitution for an immoral purpose, and 3 with.
STATE v. Code, SS , subds. SS , provides that an information must charge but one crime and in one form only, except where the crime may be committed by the use of different means, in which case the means may be alleged in the alternative.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for Spokane county, Huneke, J. Dodd, with placing a female in a house of prostitution, soliciting a person to go to a house of prostitution for an immoral purpose, and being the husband conniving at and consenting to his wife leading a life of prostitution.
Dodd, on or about the 5th day of July, , in the county of Spokane, state of Washington, then and there being, did then and there unlawfully, feloniously and wilfully place a female, his wife, Katie Dodd, in the charge of another person for immoral purposes, to wit, in the charge of W. Scott; that said defendant on said date solicited one Norman Clyne and one Frank Cape to go to a house of prostitution for an immoral purpose, and to have sexual intercourse with said Katie Dodd, with intent that she, the said Katie Dodd, should become a prostitute and lead a life of prostitution.
When required to plead to the information, the appellant demurred thereto, basing his demurrer on a number of the statutory grounds. The demurrer was overruled and a trial had, which resulted in a verdict against the appellant, finding. The section of the statute on which the information is based is found in the criminal code of at SS , Laws , p.
