WYATT v. UNITED STATES

No. 17295.

263 F.2d 304 (1959)

James Ivey WYATT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Hubert Farmer, Dothan, Ala., for appellant.

Ralph M. Daughtry, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hartwell Davis, U. S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

Before RIVES, TUTTLE, and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for white slavery, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421. The questions presented are thus stated in appellant's brief:

"1. May a conviction be had against a defendant on the charge commonly known as `white slavery' on his extra judicial confession uncorroborated by proof aliunde of the corpus delicti as to the transportation element of the offense charged? "2. May the wife of a defendant be compelled...

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