MORTENSEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12531.

139 F.2d 967 (1943)

MORTENSEN et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

November 23, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. O'Sullivan, of Omaha, Neb. (Thomas W. Lanigan and William P. Mullen, both of Grand Island, Neb., on the brief), for appellants.

Emmet L. Murphy, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Omaha, Neb. (Joseph T. Votava, U. S. Atty., of Omaha, Neb., Fred G. Hawxby, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Lincoln, Neb., and William H. Meier, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Omaha, Neb., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH, THOMAS and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted under the White-Slave Traffic Act, 36 Stat. 825, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq., for transporting two girls from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Grand Island, Nebraska, for the purpose of prostitution and debauchery.

They contend that the transportation could not possibly constitute a violation of the Act, because it was merely part of "a circle vacation trip", made from Grand Island, Nebraska, to Yellowstone National...

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