Sloan v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; Charles B. Earis, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Selz Sloan. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN VAEKENBURGH, District Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted in the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri under the White Slave Traffic Act (Comp. Sri §§ 8812-8819). The following errors assigned were urged in this court:(1) That the essential element of interstate commerce was absent.(2) That it is apparent from the act as a whole that Congress had in mind the crossing of a slate line by means of a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce; that transportation by automobile, as in the present case, does not fall within the act.(3) That the court erred in its charge to…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gibbons v. OgdenSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
- Wilson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. BurchDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1915
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