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- Title: United States v. Smith.
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Release Date : January 20, 1940
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 53 KB
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A Grand Jury in the Western District of New York returned four indictments relating to the maintenance of a house of prostitution in Buffalo. The first indictment charged the appellant Smith, one Funderburg, and one Few with a conspiracy, contrary to the provisions of 18 U.S.C.A. ç 88, to violate several federal statutes dealing with the importation and harboring of alien girls (8 U.S.C.A. çç 138, 144, 18 U.S.C.A. çç 398, 402); the second charged Smith, Few, and Funderburg with harboring alien girls not entitled to reside in the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C.A. ç 144; the third charged the appellant Smith alone with maintaining, for the purpose of prostitution, an alien girl illegally imported into the United States for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of 8 U.S.C.A. ç 138; the fourth charged Funderburg alone with transporting an alien girl into the United States for the purpose of prostitution, in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. ç 398 and 8 U.S.C.A. ç 138. The four indictments were consolidated for trial, and the jury brought in verdicts of guilty in each case. The defendant Smith, who was convicted under the first three indictments, alone appeals.