In a scathing verdict, Judge Van Fleet of the United States District Court in San Francisco meted out punishment to two California men, Maury I. Diggs, a former state architect, and F. Drew Caminetti, son of Anthony Caminetti, a high-ranking U.S. Commissioner General of Immigration. On September 19, 1913, the judge sentenced Diggs to two years in the notorious San Quentin State Penitentiary for violating the Mann Act, a federal law aimed at preventing the interstate transportation of women for immoral purposes. Diggs was also slapped with a hefty fine of $2,000.
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Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Sex Crimes
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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