Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. George AVilliams was convicted of violating the White Slave Traffic Act, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
HOOK, Circuit Judge.
George Williams was convicted and sentenced for violating the White Slave Traffic Act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 825 [Comp. St. §§ 8812-8819]). The only complaint he makes in this court is of the admission at the trial of testimony that he borrowed a sum of money from the young woman in the case and had not repaid it. He urges that the testimony was not relevant to the question of his guilt, and that its admission was prejudicial.
[1,2] Whether prejudice results from the erroneous admission of evidence at a trial is a question that should not be considered abstractly or by…
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