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Supreme Court· 2/24/1913

Bennett v. United States

Citations

  • 227 U.S. 333
  • 33 S. Ct. 288
  • 57 L. Ed. 531
  • 1913 U.S. LEXIS 2303

Syllabus

<p>. Il'oke v. United Stales, ante, p. 30(8, followed to effect that the White Slave/Traffic Act of June 25, 1910, is constitutional.</p> <p>A variance'in names cannot prejudice defendant if' the allegation in the indictment and the ■'proof . so. correspond that the defendant \\is informed of- the charge and protected against another prosecution for the same offense.</p> <p>Variances as to the.name of the woman transported or in the place' «'here the tickets were procured or as to the number .transported, be-tween the indictment and proof of offenses under the White Slave Traffic Act held not to have prejudiced the defendants and not to be reversible error.</p> <p>Instructions to the'jury that there is testimony tending to corroborate the-testimony of.a witness charged with being an accomplice and ,that it is for the-jury to consider the force and value.of the testimony •and the weight to be given to it; is sufficient to properly leave the matter with the jury.</p>

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  • holding that the use of a victim’s alias in an indictment caused the defendant no prejudice
  • variance between White Slave Act indictment allegation that defendant transported woman named “Opal Clarke” and proof that she was known as “Opal” and “Nellie” but that her true name was Jeannette Laplante” was immaterial variance because the defendant knew the victim as “Opal Clarke”

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Judges: McKenna

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