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BROWN v. UNITED STATES

No. 15532.

237 F.2d 281 (1956)

Royal Tweedy BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

October 19, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward W. Fredrickson, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Wayne H. Bigler, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo. (Harry Richards, U. S. Atty., St. Louis Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and WHITTAKER, Circuit Judges.

SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Royal Tweedy Brown was charged with having, on July 11, 1955, knowingly transported, by automobile, a woman from the City of St. Louis, Missouri, to the County of St. Clair, Illinois, for an immoral purpose, in violation of Section 2421, Title 18 U.S.C., which makes it an offense to transport in interstate commerce "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose * * *."

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