Commonwealth v. Grasse

Opinion by

Gawthrop, J.,

The defendant was convicted and sentenced upon an indictment charging her with the unlawful possession and sale of a certain drug commonly known as cocaine. The indictment was drawn under the Act of July 11, 1917, P. L. 758. It is provided in the fourth section of the act that “No person shall have in his possession or under his control or deal in, dispense, sell,......any of said drugs.” While this section does not apply to persons engaged in certain trades or callings or t’o persons hav*482ing said drugs in their possession for their own personal use only, provided that…