Della Bennett v. United States
| Court | United States Supreme Court |
| Citation | 227 U.S. 333,57 L.Ed. 531,33 S.Ct. 288 |
| Docket Number | No. 603,603 |
| Parties | DELLA BENNETT, Piff. in Err. and Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES |
| Decision Date | 24 February 1913 |
v.
UNITED STATES.
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Mr. Max Levy for plaintiff in error.
[Argument of Counsel from pages 334-337 intentionally omitted]
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Assistant Attorney General Harr and former Solicitor General Lehmann for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice McKenna delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff in error and petitioner was indicted in the district court for the southern district of Ohio for the violation of the act of June 25, 1910 [36 Stat. at L. 825, chap. 395, U. S. Comp. Stat. Supp. 1911, p. 1343]. She filed a motion to quash and a demurrer to the indictment, which were overruled, and upon a plea of not guilty she was tried, convicted, and sentenced to eleven months' imprisonment in the county jail in Miami county, Ohio, and to pay the costs of the prosecution.
She made motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, which were overruled, and she then prosecuted error to the circuit court of appeals, where the judgment against her was affirmed. 114 C. C. A. 402, 194 Fed. 630.
The demurrer and the motion in arrest of judgment raised the question of the constitutionality of the statute, and the decision of the circuit court of appeals sustaining the ruling of the district court, is assigned as error. The constitutionality of the law was decided in No. 381 [227 U. S. 308, 57 L. ed. ——, 33 Sup. Ct. Rep. 281], and the reasons there given need not be repeated.
Rulings of the district court and the decision of the circuit court of appeals upon them are also assigned as error.
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(1) Defendant was indicted for having caused the transportation of Opal Clarke; and, it is said, the testimony showed that her correct name was Jeanette, but that she had gone by the names of Opal and Nellie, her real name, however, being Jeanette Laplante. A variance is hence asserted between the allegation and the proof. The court of appeals rightly disposed of the contention. As the court said, the essential thing in the requirement of correspondence between the allegation of the name of the woman transported and the proof is that the record be in such shape as to inform the defendant of the charge against her and to protect her against another prosecution for the same offense. The record is sufficient for both purposes. As the court of appeals said: 'This leaves no possible ground for...
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