Wilson v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the validity of convictions and sentences under the White-Slave Act, are stated in the opinion. There was no evidence supporting allegations in the indictment. It was error to subject the defendant Catherine Wilson to the cross-examination as to whether she is addicted to the use of drugs.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. The facts, which involve the validity of convictions and sentences under the White-Slave Act, are stated in the opinion. There was no evidence supporting allegations in the indictment. It was error to subject the defendant Catherine Wilson to the cross-examination as to whether she is addicted to the use of drugs. There was error in the cross-examination of same defendant as to her domestic relations. There was error in permitting cross-examination of the defendant Charles Wilson upon entries rélating to…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This case comes here upon two separate writs of érror allowed upon the same record, to review judgments of the District Court imposing fine and imprisonment upon each of the plaintiffs in error, upon their conviction on an indictment founded upon the act of Congress of June 25, 1910, commonly known as the White-Slave Act (36 Stat. 825, c. 395).
The case was brought directly to this court, because the constitutionality of the statute was drawn in question. This question has since been settled adversely to plaintiffs in error. Hoke v. United States, 227 U. S. 308. Nevertheless, we must retain…
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