Court Opinion

ID: 9584479
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:48:46.677642+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:07:59.362844
License: Public Domain

PRATT, Chief Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. The following two sentences illustrate my views:
(1) I invited (in the alternative: tried to procure; tried to induce; tried to persuade; tried to encourage; tried to inveigle; tried to entice; or tried to cause) him to come to my house.
The above sentence using any one of the alternatives, in place of the verb “invited”, does not create in our minds the thought of accomplishment.
(2) I procured (alternatives: induced; persuaded; encouraged; inveigled; enticed; or caused) him to come to my house.
*192Sentence No. (2), using any one of its alternatives creates in our minds the thought that I was successful— that he succumbed to my efforts. This sentence is comparable to the charge in the present case, which, in my opinion, speaks of an accomplished fact. In view of the fact that it was so easy for the legislature to have included attempts by use of such phrases as I have used above; or by use of the words “seeks to” or “he who attempts”, it appears to me that the absence of such expressions indicates that the legislature did not intend to include in pandering the unsuccessful attempts to lead the female into a life of prostitution. That such attempts should be made a crime is for the legislature to determine. The slight variations of meaning in the verbs used are intended to cover the various means used by the man to accomplish his purpose; and are not intended to indicate a difference between success and failure.