Friedman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; John E. McCall, Judge. Benjamin Friedman and others were convicted under Penal Code, § 37, of a conspiracy to violate Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act Dec. 17, 1914, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARRINGTON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error complain of verdict against them and judgment thereon under the first and second counts of an indictment in effect charging that they conspired contrary to section 37 of the Penal Code (Act March 4, 1909, c. 321, 35 Stat. 1096 [Comp. St. § 10201]) to violate the Act of December 17, 1914 (38 Stat. 785, c. 1 [Comp. St. §§ 6287g- 6287q]), known as the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Daw. Motions to quash the indictment were overruled as to those counts, but sustained in respect of a third count, in which Friedman alone was charged with violation of the…
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