Legal Opinion
Welch v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 31, 1943No. 8392PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MILLER, Associate Justice.
No useful purpose would be served by detailing the lascivious evidence in this case. It was ample to support the verdict. The indictment was in two counts, the first charging that appellants compelled, induced, enticed and procured a certain female to engage in prostitution; the second charging an attempt.1 This was *466entirely proper.2 It is common practice to charge the commission of an offense in one count and an attempt to commit the offense in another.3
The fact that the court directed a verdict on the first count, and that the jury convicted appellants on the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Clyde Mattox v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Holt v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Bridges v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Baltimore Radio Show, Inc. v. State Baltimore Broadcasting Corp.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1949
- United States v. CarruthersCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1945
- People v. WhitmoreNew York Supreme Court · 1965
- Sherman v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1944
- Vincent W. Flythe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968