Legal Opinion
Shama v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1938No. 10972PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment upon a verdict of guilty under an indictment charging violation of the White Slave Act, Act of June 25, 1910, § 3, 18 U.S.C.A. § 399. The indictment charged that the appellant unlawfully persuaded and induced Bernice Templeton to be transported as a passenger in interstate commerce from Parsons, Kan., to Sioux City, Iowa, and that he caused her to be so transported with the intent and purpose that she should engage in the practice of prostitution.
At the close of all the testimony appellant moved for a directed verdict on the ground of…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Attleboro Mfg. Co. v. Frankfort Marine, Accident & Plate Glass Ins.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1917
- Galatas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1935
- Rea v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Marx v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Hewitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
- Thomas v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1941
- Holmes v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
- Cwach v. United States. Batsell v. United States. Moore v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- United States v. ReginelliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
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