Hill v. United States

RIDDICK, Circuit Judge.

Hill appeals from a judgment of conviction under an indictment charging that he did cause to be transported in interstate commerce one Virginia Patterson and that he aided and assisted in obtaining such transportation for the purpose of prostitution, debauchery, and other immoral purposes, in violation of section 2 of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398. Among other grounds for reversal, it is urged that the Government offered no evidence to sustain the charge made in the indictment. In its brief the Government admits that there was no evidence to sustain the charge that…