Reese v. United States

DONAHUE, Circuit Judge.

The indictment in this case contained two counts. The first count charged the plaintiff in error with the unlawful purchase of narcotic drugs, which drugs, when so purchased, were not in the original stamped package, and not from the original stamped package. The second count charged plaintiff in error with the unlawful possession of these drugs, not being in packages bearing the original and appropriate canceled revenue stamps, nor in the original stamped packages. Reese pleaded guilty to both counts, and was sentenced by the court to four years’ imprisonment in United…