Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 14, 1914No. 2017PublishedCited by 35 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern. Division of the Northern District of Illinois; George A. Carpenter, Judge. John Arthur Johnson was convicted of violating the White Slave Act, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, defendant below, was convicted of violating the White Slave Traffic Act, which makes it a felony for any one knowingly to—
“transport or cause to be transported, or aid or assist in obtaining transportation for, or in transporting, in interstate or foreign commerce, any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery or any other immoral purpose.”
One group of counts on w’hich defendant was held charged that he procured the transportation of a girl from Pittsburgh to Chicago for the immoral purpose of having sexual intercourse with her. In…
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