Cross Johnson, Jr., and Shirley Johnson v. United States

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, who are husband and wife, appeal from a conviction upon a jury verdict, wherein they were found guilty on three counts. Counts 1 and 2 charged violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2421, the White Slave Traffic Act, and Count 3 charged a conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 371 to violate § 2421.

Cross and Shirley Johnson reside at Junction City, Kansas, and during the period of time material here operated two places of business in that city, one on East 9th Street and the other on Grant Avenue. Ostensibly, one establishment sold books and the other records and each had living…