Mortensen v. United States

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted under the White-Slave Traffic Act, 36 Stat. 825, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq., for transporting two girls from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Grand Island, Nebraska, for the purpose of prostitution and debauchery.

They contend that the transportation could not possibly constitute a violation of the Act, because it was merely part of “a circle vacation trip”, made from Grand Island, Nebraska, to Yellowstone National Park and Salt Lake City, Utah, and return. They say — to quote the language of their brief — that “the transportation which took place was…