Proctor v. United States

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

J. M. Proctor, Jr., and Almond James Jones were indicted jointly on three counts, the charge being (1) conspiracy to transport or cause to be transported in interstate commerce two females from Houston, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana; (2) and (3) substantive offenses in violation of Section 2 of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398, in that they transported or caused to be transported two girls from Houston, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana, for the purpose of prostitution and debauchery.

Proctor and Jones were both convicted on all three counts of the indictment. Thereupon…