Legal Opinion
Chatwin v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 4, 1946No. Nos. 31 to 33PublishedCited by 182 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Murphy
The Federal Kidnaping Act 1 punishes any one who knowingly transports or aids in transporting in interstate or foreign commerce “any person who shall have been un lawfully seized, confined, inveigled, decoyed, kidnaped, abducted, or carried away by any means whatsoever and held for ransom or reward or otherwise, except, in the case of a minor, by a parent thereof.” The sole issue confronting us in these cases is whether the stipulated facts support the convictions of the three petitioners under this Act, the indictment having charged that they unlawfully inveigled, decoyed and carried away a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by182 opinions
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