SUN CHONG LEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 9726.

125 F.2d 95 (1942)

SUN CHONG LEE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 16, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. J. Botts, of Honolulu, T. H., and Herbert Chamberlin, of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Angus M. Taylor, Jr., U. S. Atty., and Jean Vaughan Gilbert, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Honolulu, T. H., and Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., and Louis Mercado, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, HANEY, and HEALY, Circuit Judges.


HANEY, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is: Does the indictment upon which appellant was convicted charge a crime in either of the two counts contained therein?

18 U.S.C.A. § 399 provides that it is a felony for any person to induce a woman to go from one place to another in any Territory for the purpose of prostitution "and who shall thereby knowingly cause * * * such woman * * * to go and to be carried or transported as a passenger...

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