Lucks v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Circuit Judge.
The United States has moved to strike the bill of exceptions on various grounds. In the view we take of the case it is unnecessary to discuss or decide this question.
Appellant was convicted of unlawfully transporting two women in interstate commerce for the purpose of prostitution. Error is -assigned to the denial of a directed verdict and to the admission of testimony of one Dan Matera, objected to on the ground that the witness had been previously convicted of perjury.
As to the first assignment it is enough to say there is sufficient evidence in the record tending to…
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