Lee v. United States

Appellant and five others were indicted in two counts, the first of which charged a conspiracy to violate the provisions of the White Slave Traffic Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398 , contrary to 18 U.S.C.A. § 88 , and the second of which charged a violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 398 . Appellant was acquitted on the second count, and has appealed from the judgment and sentence on the first «mot

The first count charged that the conspiracy existed from July 4, 1936 to July 1937, and alleged 13 overt acts. One °vert aCt alleged was that June Allen on September 17, 1936, paid to appellant money which she had earned from her practice °f prostitution, and another overt act alJeSe<^ was that on October IS, 1936, appel*an1: transported June Allen from Seattle, Washington, to Portland, Oregon,

June Allen testified that she met one Green in Seattle on July 4, 1936; that on July 8, 1936, she saw Green and one Purvis at Portland, where she was then practicing prostitution and agreed to go to Seattle for the same purpose. She was. transported to Seattle by Green and Purvis on that day in Green’s automobile. She was taken to Green’s house where she engaged in prostitution on the following day and thereafter,…