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Show NEW TRIAL DENIED 10 EDCAMPBELL Judge Tillman D. Johnson Hands Down Decision ' ' A new trial for Kd Campbell, convicted con-victed by a jury Jn the federal court of violation of the Mann act, has been denied. The decision was handed down hy I'nited States District Judpe Tillman Till-man I). Johnson yesterday. Campbell has been In the county jail for six months. It is considered pVob-nhlr, pVob-nhlr, according to I'nited States District Dis-trict Attorney Iaac Hlalr Kvans. that the court will take this fact in consideration consid-eration when fixing sentence, which is scheduled f'r March 14. The Campbell case followed an investigation in-vestigation by the bureau of inventipa-tton inventipa-tton of the department of justice and grew out of the transportation of a young Biri from Idaho to Ogden and Salt lak'. Mr. "nnd Mrs. Campbell brought the girl from I'ocatello !n company com-pany with .lohn C. McCori, who is serving a jail sentence for complicity in the offense. Following the conviction of Campbell, iua altorn y moved for a new -wlat n a technical objection to the word "transport" as used In the Mann act. Judge Johnson ruled that transportation transporta-tion of a woman from one state to an-either an-either for Immoral purposes included all subsidiary acts which tended to the consummation of the crime. Hp aid that ulthough MrCort had purchased the ticket for the girl, the evident showed that he turned it over to Campbell, who constituted himself the director of the expedition. Doing this knowinprly Camptel violated the Mann act, as well as .MrCort. |