Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit November 8, 1979, 78-5613, 79-1875 (United States v. Ruth Zicree, Harold Kaufman and Fredesvinda Mercedes Gonzalez, United States of America v. Harold Kaufman and Ruth Zicree)

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

In this consolidated appeal from multiple convictions for mail fraud, we must decide whether the evidence adduced at trial is sufficient to support the convictions, whether the appellants were improperly joined together in one trial, whether the trial judge erred in denying appellants’ motion for a new trial on the basis of newly discovered evidence, whether the trial