BONNESS v. UNITED STATES

No. 4984.

20 F.2d 754 (1927)

BONNESS et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 27, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shorett, McLaren & Shorett and Jay C. Allen, all of Seattle, Wash. (John R. Walthew, of Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for plaintiffs in error.

Thos. P. Revelle, U. S. Atty., and Anthony Savage and Paul D. Coles, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Seattle, Wash.

Before GILBERT, HUNT, and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction under the White Slave Traffic Act (Comp. St. §§ 8812-8819). The indictment charged that the two plaintiffs in error on July 3, 1925, transported two girls, in foreign commerce, from the city of Seattle, in the state of Washington, to the city of Vancouver, in the Dominion of Canada, as passengers in a Chevrolet touring automobile, for the purpose of prostitution, debauchery...

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