United States v. Portale
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TÓ THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. . The facts, which involve the construction of § 6 of the White Slave Act of June.25,1910, are stated in the opinion. ' The review here is limited to the precise question decided below. The statement provided by the statute is due from any “keeper,” though not concerned in importation. The court, below disregarded the literal reading of § 6 of the White Slave Act.
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ERROR TÓ THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO. . The facts, which involve the construction of § 6 of the White Slave Act of June.25,1910, are stated in the opinion. ' The review here is limited to the precise question decided below. The statement provided by the statute is due from any “keeper,” though not concerned in importation. The court, below disregarded the literal reading of § 6 of the White Slave Act. Other provisions of the act confirm a literal reading of this section. The lower court’s suggestions are without force and the consequences of its…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an indictment alleging that an alien woman entered the United States from Great Britain in 1913; that the defendants knowingly harbored her in Denver for the purpose of prostitution, and that they, so knowingly harboring her for that purpose, wilfully failed to file, within thirty days from the date of the commencement of such harboring, with the Commissioner General of Immigration, a statement in writing setting forth her name, the place where she was kept and the facts as to the date of her entry into the United States, the port through which she entered, her age, nationality and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. KeitelSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- United States v. StevensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
3Cited by3 opinions
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- United States v. HessCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1934
- United States v. HortonDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1962