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Cohen v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 26, 1941No. 9736PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Jack Cohen was indicted, tried, and convicted for violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398, and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that Cohen violated the Mann Act by transporting his wife, Jean Cohen,’ from Houston, Texas, to Miami, Florida, “for the purpose of prostitution, debauchery, and other immoral purposes.”

The record reveals that Cohen married a girl named Virginia Kelly in 1935; that he divorced her in 1937 and thereafter married Jean Emmons; that after he married each of these women he secured…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Neff v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1939
  2. Gulotta v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940
  3. Butler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1931
  4. Witters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
  5. Gregg v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1940

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. United States v. KrulewitchCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  2. United States v. MitchellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  3. Shores v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
  4. United States v. PapeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
  5. Robert Henry Landsdown v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965

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