Pearl Genevieve Sevey, A/K/A Pearl Holmes, Jerry Dewitt Pearson and Harvey Michael McElroy v. United States

Appellants were found guilty of conspiracy to violate the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C. § 371; 18 U.S.C. § 2421. The appellants Sevey, Pearson and McElroy 1 raised the issue of insufficiency of evidence to sustain the conviction. Taking the evidence most strongly in favor of the government, United States v. Koeller, 310 F.2d 409 (7th Cir.1962) ; Davis v. United States, 385 F.2d 919 (5th Cir.1967); Proctor v. United States, 146 F.2d 724 (5th Cir.1944), cert. den. 324 U.S. 862, 65 S.Ct. 867, 89 L.Ed. 1419, it is clear that there was sufficient evidence to warrant submitting the case to the jury and to…