United States v. Scott
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Cynthia Scott was indicted for keeping a house of ill fame within five miles of a naval training station and fort. On demurrer to the indictment.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
By demurrer to this indictment, which charges the keeping of a house of ill fame within five miles of the naval training station and of Ft. Adams, Newport, R. I., the defendant questions the constitutionality of section 13 of “An act to authorize the President fi> increase temporarily the military establishment of the United States,” known as the “Selective Service Act,” approved May 18, 1917, and also the constitutionality and legal validity of the orders, rules, and regulations made by the President, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of War in pursuance…
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- State v. FlanaganSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1903
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