State v. Risaburo
State v. Risaburo
Opinion of the Court
This is an appeal from the judgment and sentence of the court below,- convicting the appellant of the crime of living with and accepting the earnings of a common prostitute. Insufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict is the only error assigned. The appellant first contends that there is no evidence in the record tending to show that he is a male person, and secondly, that there is no sufficient
It is next contended that there is no evidence tending to show that the appellant accepted any earnings of the prostitute ; but if confessions and admissions go for. aught in a court of justice, there is ample testimony on that point also. Aside from this, there was abundant evidence that the appellant has lived with this same prostitute for a number of years, at different points, and has no other visible means of support.
The judgment is affirmed;
Fullerton, Gose, Mount, and Parker, JJ., concur.
Reference
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- The State of Washington v. Kanda Risaburo
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- Dewdness — Living with Prostitute — Sex of Accused — Evidence —Sufficiency. In a prosecution of a male person for living with and accepting the earnings of a prostitute, the objection that there was no evidence that he was a male person is without merit, where he appeared before the jury, responded to masculine pronouns addressed to him, and his sex was not made an issue. . Same — Accepting Earnings — Evidence—Sufficiency. A conviction of living with and accepting the earnings of a prostitute, is supported by evidence of confessions and admissions, and the fact that the accused had lived for years with the same prostitute without other visible means of support.