Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 199, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 August 1913 — Convicted of Mann Act Violations in California. [ARTICLE]

Convicted of Mann Act Violations in California.

Maury I. Diggs, who with F. Drew Cami netti, was charged with u vioation of the Mann act, which makes it a felony to transport women from one state to another tor immoral purposes, was convicted at San Francisco Wednesday on four of six counts against him and sentenced to five years in the federal prison. Caminetti will now be tried. Diggs and Caminetti were both married men and they took Marsha Warrington and Lola Norris from Sacrameqto to Reno, Nevada, where they spent several days. Sentence has not yet been pronounced on Diggs, that having seen deferred until next Tuesday. He was released on a $20,000 bail, $5,000 on each count. Counsel tor the defense announced that they would appeal to the highest court, and asked for ten days in which to prepare a writ of error.