Hardie v. United States, 14352.
| Decision Date | 29 December 1953 |
| Docket Number | No. 14352.,14352. |
| Citation | 208 F.2d 694 |
| Parties | HARDIE v. UNITED STATES. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Spurgeon E. Bell, Houston, Tex., for appellant.
Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., William R. Eckhardt, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.
Before HOLMES, RUSSELL, and RIVES, Circuit Judges.
This appeal is from a judgment of conviction upon a two-count indictment charging appellant with causing a certain woman, named Geneva Slaughter, to be transported by common carrier in interstate commerce from Columbia, Tennessee, to Houston, Texas, for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, in violation of Sections 2421 and 2422, Title 18, of the United States Code. The jury returned a verdict of guilty upon both counts, and the appellant was sentenced generally to imprisonment for a period of three years.
Said Geneva Slaughter was originally from Columbia, Tennessee. Several years prior to the time of the offense charged, which was in 1952, she had gone to Houston, Texas, and had worked in various houses of prostitution where, according to his oral confession, she had been placed by the appellant, who received most of the proceeds from her operations as a prostitute. In June, 1952, the appellant took Geneva from Houston to her home in Columbia, Tennessee. After staying there several days, he returned to Texas, leaving her in Columbia. On or about June 16, 1952, Geneva telephoned the appellant in Houston and asked him to send her some money, which request, according to her testimony, was refused. On June 16, 1952, a telegram signed by appellant was sent from Houston, Texas, to Columbia, Tennessee, addressed to Geneva Slaughter stating that she was missed and requesting that she "please hurry home."
A few hours after the transmission of said message, a telegraphic money order for $25 was sent from the same Western Union office in Houston to Geneva Slaughter requesting her to "hurry home" and to "wire me." This money-order telegram was also signed with the appellant's name. Before receiving the money she was without funds, and had borrowed money to call the appellant. Within a few minutes after receiving the said telegram and money order, Geneva sent a telegram to appellant stating that she was coming back to Houston and requesting him to meet her in Texarkana, Texas. On the following day she went by bus to Texarkana, where she was met by appellant and driven by automobile to Houston. After her return to Houston, according to a confession made by the appellant,...
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