Lawrence
Lawrence v. United States
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Orr, J.
Lawrence, appealing from a judgment of conviction for transporting a woman in interstate commerce for purposes of prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 398 , raises four main points challenging (1) the sufficiency of the indictment; (2) the admission of testimony showing similar relations of appellant with a prostitute other than the one alleged to have been transported ; (3) certain impeaching questions which the trial court allowed an impeaching witness to answer on cross-examination and (4) the misconduct of the United States attorney.
Weatherby, the complaining witness, worked as a prostitute in San Francisco under an arrangement with appellant whereby she gave him the bulk of her earnings. Later, appellant told Weatherby that she was going to Battle Mountain, Nevada, to continue her work. She testified that appellant drove the car in which she was a passenger part of the distance; that appellant. informed her he was not supposed to drive across the state line; that some other person drove the car across, but appellant again took the wheel after crossing the line. The parties continued on to Battle Mountain where Weatherby con *158 tinued to practice prostitution at a…