United States v. Matthew Crumble

CASTLE, Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Matthew Crumble, was convicted, following a trial before the court without a jury, of violating 18 U.S.C.A. § 2422 by knowingly inducing a woman, Gloria Dixon, to go in interstate commerce as a passenger on a line of a common carrier from Milwaukee, Wisconsin t<? Minneapolis, Minnesota for the purpose of prostitution. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of five years.

The main contested issues presented by defendant’s appeal are:(1) Whether there is sufficient competent evidence in the record to sustain the conviction.(2) Whether the trial…