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Show I "WHITE SLAVE" ACT IIS CRITICISED New York, June 17. The federal 'white slave" 'statute has come In for strong criticism from Judge Holt In Gkj the United States circuit court here. I V Commenting on a demurrer to an in-J in-J ( dlctment brought under the statute, I ;r Judge Holt says: y ' "If this were an original question A ; ray opinion would bo thai the act is n unconstitutional. This statute in ef-j ef-j T feet attempts to oxrciso n purely po-I po-I ''. lice power of the state under the gulso j of regulating commerce. If this sta-A sta-A tute Is constitutional, It is in the pow-4 pow-4 er of the federal government to make It a criminal act for anv person to .go from one state to another while en-I en-I I gaped in anv crime, fraud or object which may be deemed objectionable ,' by congress " |