United States v. Beach

Respondent was indicted and convicted upon a jury trial, in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia, of transporting another woman in Washington, D. C., for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of the Mann Act. 36 Stat. 825, 18 U. S. C. § 397, et seq. Section 2,18 U. S. C. § 398, makes it a penal offense knowingly to “transport or cause to be trans*194ported, or aid or assist in obtaining transportation for, or in transporting, in interstate . . . commerce, or . . . in the District of Columbia, any woman ... for the purpose of prostitution ... or with the intent…