COHEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 9736.

120 F.2d 139 (1941)

COHEN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart A. Riley, of Miami, Fla., for appellant.

H. S. Phillips, U. S. Atty. and Geo. P. Raney, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Tampa, Fla., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Jack Cohen was indicted, tried, and convicted for violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398, and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the penitentiary.

The indictment charged that Cohen violated the Mann Act by transporting his wife, Jean Cohen, from Houston, Texas, to Miami, Florida, "for the purpose of prostitution, debauchery, and other immoral purposes."

The record reveals that Cohen married a girl named...

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