Dodson v. United States

STEWART, Circuit Judge.

The defendants in this criminal case, three men and three women all connected by a family relationship, 1 were tried by a jury under an indictment containing three counts. The first two counts charged all six defendants with separate conspiracies to commit an offense against the United States, 18 U.S.C.A. § 371, namely, the Mann Act, 18 U.S.C.A. § 2421; the third count charged four of the defendants with the substantive offense of violating the Mann Act.

At the conclusion of the evidence, the court directed verdicts of not guilty as to Mildred Rose Roberts under count…