TONKER v. UNITED STATES

No. 10220.

178 F.2d 712 (1949)

TONKER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided October 26, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James C. McKay, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Mr. Cecil R. Heflin, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Joseph M. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

A district of Columbia statute1 describes and penalizes certain sexual acts and then provides: "And in any indictment for the commission of any of the acts, hereby declared to be offenses, it shall not be necessary to set forth the particular unnatural or perverted sexual practice with the commission of which the defendant may be charged, nor to set forth the particular manner in which said unnatural or perverted...

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