Anderson v. United States

DENMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment sentencing appellant upon a verdict finding appellant guilty of causing the transportation of a 17 year old girl from Seattle to Sitka, Alaska for employment as a prostitute in a house of prostitution of which appellant was the proprietress, in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act, § 2, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398.

There is evidence warranting the jury’s verdict. As necessary in such cases the prosecution’s major testimony was given by prostitutes. The principal witness had been a half partner of appellant in the business of her house. She…