De Four v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Frank S. Dietrich, Judge. Emily De Eour was convicted of keeping a house of ill fame, contrary to Act May 18, 1917, and an order of the Secretary of War, and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
[ 1 ] It is contended that the information under which the plaintiff in error was convicted is fatally defective in that it contains no averment that the offense was committed knowingly. It charges, among other things, that the plaintiff in error during the months of March, April, and May, 1918, and particularly on or about May 31, 1918, in violation of Act May 18, 1917, c. 15, § 13, 40 Stat. 83 (Comp. St. 1918, § 2019b), and the order of the Secretary of War made and issued on January 17, 1918, did keep a house of ill fame at a certain designated place in San…
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