TILGHMAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 11060.

146 F.2d 644 (1944)

TILGHMAN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. S. Baskett, of Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Joe H. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before SIBLEY, HOLMES, and McCORD, Circuit Judges.


McCORD, Circuit Judge.

Woodrow Wilson Tilghman was indicted and convicted for the offense of violating the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 397 et seq., in that he transported or caused to be transported a female from Oklahoma to Texas for immoral purposes. He was sentenced by the court to serve a term of five years imprisonment, and from such judgment has appealed.

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