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BELL v. UNITED STATES.

No. 468.

349 U.S. 81 (1955)

BELL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 9, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Browning, acting under appointment by the Court, 348 U.S. 924, argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Charles F. Barber argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Carl H. Imlay.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Once more it becomes necessary to determine "What Congress has made the allowable unit of prosecution," United States v. Universal C. I. T. Credit Corp., 344 U.S. 218, 221, under a statute which does not explicitly give the answer. This recurring problem now arises under what is familiarly known as the Mann Act. The relevant...

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