King v. United States

•CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Again we are called upon to decide whether evidence was sufficient to sustain a conviction on a charge that a defendant violated a section of our Code 1 which makes it a crime for any person to invite, entice, persuade any person to accompany, etc., him or her to any place for any immoral or lewd purpose, or to address for any of those purposes.

The conviction in this case followed a trial without a jury, at which was heard the testimony of two police officers, the defendant, and several character witnesses. Reversal is urged primarily on the claim that the trial court did…