• Re: Edwardian law regarding procuring a prostitute

    From Tim Jackson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Feb 11 16:11:48 2025
    On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:36:09 -0000 (UTC), Chris Holmes wrote...

    Hi All,

    I am reading a novel set in approx 1911….

    One of the characters has just been arrested (framed!) for attempting to procure a woman’s “services”. And “threatened” with a prison sentence.

    I believe that today this isn’t a crime unless the other party is underage or being coerced by someone(s) else.

    Would it have been a criminal offence in Edwardian times?

    I don't know, but I suggest you may find more knowledgable people in the moderated group, uk.legal.moderated.

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