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Show MANN ACT WEAKENED DY SUPREME COURT Opinion Holds Woman Equally Guilty With Man In the Event of Conspiracy Washington, Feb. 1. Tho fodoral w' 'to slao net was Interpreted today by tho supremo court ns authorising tho Indictment of a womnn, transported transport-ed In violation of tho law ns a coconspirator co-conspirator with tho person who caused caus-ed her to bo transported. Judgo Holmes, nnuouu:lng tho court's opinion, Intimated that a woman wom-an could bo Indicted also, If sho on-gaged on-gaged In conspiracy to hae herself transported with u o to blackmail. Justice l.iunar rendered n dissenting dissent-ing opinion, in which Justice Day concurred. con-curred. Tho dissenting Justices contended that tho majority decision had cut away tho constitutional support of tho law. Supremo court lawyers skilled In tho administration ot tho supremo court woro of tho opinion that tho do'lslon will havo tho effect ef-fect of making prosecutions very difficult. |