MacKreth v. United States

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

In this case an indictment was returned against Gerald Churchill Mackreth, a man, and Clemmie Esther Rushing, a woman, charging them with conspiracy-together to commit an offense against the United States, by transporting the woman, co-defendant, in interstate commerce, for the purpose of debauchery, in violation of the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 398. No other person was charged as a conspirator. Issue was joined by pleas of not guilty, the case was tried to a jury and resulted in the conviction of both defendants. Sentence of two years imprisonment was imposed on both but…