James v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; James C. Wilson, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against R. D. James. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff in error was convicted on each of the four counts of the indictment, each of which charged a violation of section 1 of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act (U. S. Comp. St. § 6287g), in that he, without registering and paying the prescribed tax, sold to a named person “about one ounce of morphine, the exact amount being to the grand jurors unknown, the said morphine being a salt and derivative of opium.”
[1] The sale alleged in the second count was to L. H. Rice. Rice was examined as a witness for the prosecution. The court overruled an objection of the defendant…
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