Legal Opinion
Blain v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 13, 1927No. 7783PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit. Judge.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of conviction under section 2 of the White Slave Traffic Act (36 Stat. 825; U. S. C. tit. 18, § 398 [18 USCA § 398]). Although defendant pleaded guilty to the charge contained in the single count' of the indictment, yet by writ of error he could properly raise the question whether the indictment charged any offense against the United States. 16 C. J. p. 402, § 738; Hocking Valley Ry. Co. v. United States (C. C. A.) 210 F. 735, 738.
The charging part of the indictment reads as follows:, “That one Lovel A. Blain, on or about the 11th…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Crain v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Ackley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1912
- Hocking Valley Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1914
- Collins v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1927
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- Malaga v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1932
- United States v. MellorDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1946
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