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Supreme Court· 2/1/1915

United States v. Holte

Citations

  • 236 U.S. 140
  • 35 S. Ct. 271
  • 59 L. Ed. 504
  • 1915 U.S. LEXIS 1789

Syllabus

<p>A woman who is transported in violation of the White Slave Traffic Act of 1910 may be guilty of conspiracy with the person transporting • her to commit a crime against the United States under § 37 of the Penal Code of March 4, 1899.</p>

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that a woman could be prosecuted for conspiring to have herself transported across state lines for the purpose of prostitution, on the ground that her consent was not required to commit the substantive offense
  • finding that a transported woman could conspire to violate the Mann Act
  • finding that a transported woman could conspire to violate the Mann Act
  • permitting women to be convicted of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act
  • female “victim” guilty as a co-conspirator when she willingly participated in her illegal trans portation across state lines
  • female \victim\ guilty as a co-conspirator when she willingly participated in her illegal transportation across state lines

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Holmes, Lamar, McReynolds, Day

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