Legal Opinion

United States v. Lombardo

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 24, 1916No. 830PublishedCited by 359 opinions

ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON. The facts, which involve the construction and application of § 6 of the White Slave Traffic Act, are stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna

Error under the Criminal Appeals Act (March 2, 1907, c. 2564, 34 Stat. 1246) to review a decision of the District Court for the Western District of Washington (228 Fed. Rep. 980) sustaining a demurrer to an indictment founded on the “White Slave Traffic Act’' (June 25, 1910, c. 395, 36 Stat. 825, 826).

Section 6 of that act provides that every one “who shall keep, maintain, control, support or harbor in any house or place, for the purpose of prostitution, . . . any alien woman . . . within three years after she shall have entered the United States . . . shall file with the Commissioner General…

2Cases cited1 opinion

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3Cited by359 opinions

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