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HILLIARD v. UNITED STATES

No. 4789.

121 F.2d 992 (1941)

HILLIARD v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

July 21, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Carter, Jr., of Danville, Va., and T. W. Messick, of Roanoke, Va. (M. M. Kreindler, of New York City, and Waldo G. Miles, of Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellant.

F. S. Tavenner, Jr., U. S. Atty., of Woodstock, Va., and Howard C. Gilmer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., of Pulaski, Va. (R. Roy Rush, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Roanoke, Va., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SOPER, DOBIE, and NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judges.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

Hughes Robert Hilliard, the appellant in this case, was defendant in the District Court and was convicted and sentenced to serve a term of ten years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $10,000, under an indictment which charged that in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 400, he induced and coerced Stella Vaughan, a girl under the age of eighteen years, to go from Bristol, Virginia, to New York City to engage in prostitution. The girl testified...

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