United States v. Williams

NORDBYE, District Judge.

On November 2, 1943, defendant was indicted by the Grand Jury upon six counts for alleged violations of the Mann Act, 36 Stat. 825, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq. The case was tried before this Court and a jury during the March, 1944, term of court. A verdict of guilty was returned on all counts. At the trial the Government called one Esther Jensen Williams as a witness. When she testified in answer to the Government’s first question that she and defendant had been married in January, 1944, defendant objected to her being further questioned, contending that she was an…