Hays v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the'United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; John H. Cotteral, Judge. L. T. Hays was convicted of violating the White Slave Traffic Act, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
AMIDON, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error, Hays, was jointly indicted with one Lessie Jones, for violating the White Slave Traffic Act. The indictment contained two counts. The first charges the furnishing of transportation to a 17 year old girl to make a journey from Oklahoma City, Okl., to Wichita, Kan., for the purpose of illicit sexual relations with Hays. The second charges the persuading, inducing, and enticing of the girl to make the same journey for the same purpose. The defendants were convicted upon both counts. Hays alone brings error.
Lessie Jones is a mature woman and a confirmed…
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