It was a horseshit law...just like prohibtion was.
They law was about SEX TRAFFICKING/PROSTITUTION! Do yourself a favor and look up THE MANN ACT !
These days you hear all sorts of stuff about "sex trafficking" both here and overseas.To whatever degree this type of thing happens *here*...or might happen were it not for legislation outlawing it...it's certainly something that we'd want to prevent.
Might the guy have been unfairly convicted...that is "not guilty as charged"? Yes,it's my understanding that black defendants haven't always gotten true justice in this country.But,OTOH,blacks...just like whites...*do* commit crimes and always have.
So,as I said before,his *actual* guilt or innocence is all that matters.
Was there a law against a woman taking a man across state lines for immoral purposes?