Beach v. United States

Appellant was indicted and convicted of a violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq. On appeal to this court we held that the Act was inapplicable to transportation wholly within the District of Columbia (144 F.2d 533). On certiorari the Supreme Court reversed1 and remanded to us to pass upon the other grounds for reversal urged by appellant. The grounds so urged, and not previously passed upon, are as follows:

That the trial court erred: 1. In instructing the jury on the question of the testimony of accomplices;

2. In refusing to permit adequate examination of prosecuting witness to…