Fleming v. City of Atlanta
Fleming v. City of Atlanta
Opinion of the Court
1. A “pimp” is one who provides gratification for the Inst of others; a procurer; a panderer. 6 Words & Phrases, 5379.
2. A heil-boy in a hotel, who procures women for men for the purpose of gratifying their lust, is a “pimp” within the meaning of the ordinance
(а) In a case against a bell-boy for violating this section of the city code, it is not necessary for a conviction that the city prove that the defendant was paid anything for his services.
(б) A single transaction is sufficient to support a conviction.
3. In the instant case a police officer of the City of Atlanta testified that he went to the Exchange Hotel in that city, that the defendant, who was a bell-boy in the hotel, showed him to a room, and that he (the policeman) “asked him if there were any women there, and he said ‘yes,’ and I told him to send one in, and after awhile one came in the room.” Under this evidence the only reasonable hypothesis was that the defendant sent the woman to the witness’s room, and that he sent her for the purpose of gratifying the lust of the witness. This being true, . and this evidence of the witness being undisputed, the conviction of the defendant was demanded, and the admission of other evidence, which was illegal, was therefore harmless error.
4. The judge of the superior court did not err in overruling the certiorari sued out by the defendant.
Judgment affirmed.
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