Legal Opinion
Hilliard v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided July 21, 1941No. 4789PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
Hughes Robert Hilliard, the appellant in this case, was defendant in the District Court and was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $10,000, under an indictment which charged that in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 400, he induced and coerced Stella Vaughan, a girl under the age of eighteen years, to go from Bristol, Virginia, to New York City to engage in prostitution. The girl testified in substance as follows: In May, 1939, she and an older sister met Hilliard at Bristol and Marion, Virginia, where they were…
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- United States v. Billy Dean WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Ziegler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- King v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
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