Legal Opinion

Tilghman v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 18, 1944No. 11060PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Woodrow Wilson Tilghman was indicted and convicted for the offense of violating the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq., in that he transported or caused to he transported a female from Oklahoma to Texas for immoral purposes. He was sentenced by the court to serve a term of five years imprisonment, and from such judgment has appealed.

We do not set out the evidence. To do so would involve the sordid task of following the defendant through the gutter to the sewer. It will be sufficient to say that when measured to the well considered cases defining the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. United States v. ReginelliCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1943
  2. Shama v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1938
  3. Brent v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1942

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Tilghman v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1948

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