Cholakos v. United States

KNAPPEN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error was convicted of violating White Slave Act (Act June 25, 1910, c. 395) § 2 (U. S. Comp. Stat. § 8813); the specific charge being that he aided and assisted in obtaining transportation in interstate commerce for Edna Hanshaw Edens, from Covington, Ky., to Lorain, Ohio, for the purpose of prostitution and debauchery and other immoral purposes; more in detail, that he telegraphed the girl $15 at Covington, with the intent and purpose that she should use the money to obtain transportation from Covington to Lorain, there to engage in prostitution and…