Langford v. United States

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Langford, the appellant, was convicted of violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398 [now § 2421]. The indictment was in two counts. Count One charged the transportation of a woman, one Carol Jones, in foreign commerce, from Los Angeles County, California, to Tiajuana, Mexico, for purposes of prostitution, debauchery and other immoral practices. The second count charged transportation of the same woman, for the same -purposes, from *50Tiajuana to Los Angeles County. Conviction was on Count Two only.

The evidence showed that at the time of the transportation mentioned in…