v0839-549

IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

SIGMUND SUSLAK,

Plaintiff in Error,

vs.

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Defendant in Error.

BRIEF ON BEHALF OF THE PLAINTIFF IN ERROR.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE.

The Plaintiff in Error, Sigmund Suslak, was charged

by an indictment found in the United States District Court

for Montana with having on the 5th day of January. 1912,

knowingly, unlawfully and feloniously transported, or

caused to be transported, in interstate commerce a certain

woman by the name of Grace Beal from Spokane, Washing-

ton, to Butte. Montana, for the purpose of prostitution, de-

bauchery and unlawful cohabitation. The Plaintiff in

Error, entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment, and a

trial was had and a verdict of guilty rendered, upon which

verdict the Plaintiff in Error was sentenced to two years'

imprisonment in the penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas,

besides having imposed upon him a fine of $1000.00 and the

J

5

---

archive.org Volume Name: govuscourtsca9briefs0839

Volume: http://archive.org/stream/govuscourtsca9briefs0839

Document Link: http://archive.org/stream/govuscourtsca9briefs0839#page/n548/mode/1up

Top Keywords (auto-generated):

woman, ticket, suslak, grace, beal, fried, butte, spokane, prostitution, money, guilty, wife, furnished, montana, house

Top Key Phrases (auto-generated):

grace beal, spring gun, woman grace, unlawful cohabitation, sexual intercourse, unlawful cohabitation., ticket office, white slave, spokane washington, slave traffic, mon tana, max lipson, grace beal., butte montana, sporting life

Document Status: UGLY