Cwach v. United States. Batsell v. United States. Moore v. United States

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Cwach, Batsell, and Moore were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of violation of Section 2 of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2422, and of conspiring to violate said Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371. Defendant Batsell was also convicted of violating Section 1 of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421.

Count I of the indictment charged that,

“On or about the 19th day of December, 1951, Frank Batsell, also known as Frank Batsel, Clifford Eugene Moore, George Sutton, and Frances Cwach, did knowingly persuade, induce and entice a woman to travel by common carrier, to wit: a…