United States v. Harvey Allen Place, Jr. And William Canty

HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

The defendants Place and Canty were tried and convicted by a jury upon an indictment containing two counts, the first charging possession, concealment and transportation of narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173 and 174, the second a conspiracy to violate, in addition to §§ 173 and 174 of Title 21, Title 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4701, 4703, 4704(a), 4724 (c) and 4771(a). 1

At the trial, there was evidence of the following facts. During the early part of 1955 Place, who maintained two apartments in New York City, 53 West 75th Street and 118 West 80th Street, had been selling…