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December 23, 1959: Chuck Berry was arrested and charged with violating the Mann Act after taking a 14 year old girl across state lines to work as a hat-check girl in his St. Louis nightclub. Berry was initially convicted and sentenced to five years in prison, but due to Judge George H. Moore Jr. making racist comments during the trial, Berry was freed on appeal after spending only one and a half years in jail.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:26:33 +0000

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