Legal Opinion
Wooldridge v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1916No. 2839PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNT, Circuit Judge.
W. H. Wooldridge, called defendant, was indicted in Alaska on February 18, 1916, on two counts: One for statutory rape, alleged to have been committed December 23, 1914; and another for an attempt to commit rape on February 14, 1916, upon Laura Herrington, a girl under 16 years of age. Wooldridge was acquitted on the first count, but convicted of an attempt to commit rape as charged in the second count. Writ of error brings the case to this court.
The particular charge against Wooldridge was that he procured Laura Herrington to consent to meet him in a *486certain place known…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- People v. . GardnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
- Hicks v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Hirshberg v. StraussCalifornia Supreme Court · 1883
- State v. Charley LungNevada Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. CoplonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1950
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Roy MandujanoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. Alfredo Gracidas-UlibarryCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- United States v. Michael Dennis JoyceCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
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