Dryden v. United States

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

The appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for the violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 400, and he appeals.

The indictment in one count charged, in the language of the statute, that the appellant transported a girl under the age of 18 years, to-wit, IS years of age, in interstate commerce upon the line and route of a common carrier, from Loveland, Oklahoma, to Kansas City, Missouri, with the intent and for the purpose of inducing, enticing and compelling her to engage in prostitution.

After trial the defendant was adjudged guilty and sentenced “to a period of 10 years in an…