McCORD, Circuit Judge.
An indictment in eleven counts was returned charging Joel Thomas Pierce with peonage. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on counts 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and not guilty on counts 3, 4, 10 and 11. Pierce was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and to serve a term of eighteen months imprisonment on each count, the prison sentences to run consecutively.
The evidence shows that Pierce operated the Lone Star Club, a road house located approximately...
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