Legal Opinion
Brightman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1925No. 6769PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOTH, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error, hereafter called defendant, was tried and convicted on an indictment charging him with having unlawfully purchased, on the 8th day of September, 1923, in Osage county, Okl., a certain derivative of opium, to wit, morphine; the same not being purchased in or from the original stamped package. Upon a second count charging unlawful sale, verdict was directed in defendant’s favor.
The indictment was drawn under the Harrison Narcotic Law (act of December 17, 3914, as amended by sections 1006 and 1007 of the Revenue Act of 1938, 40 Stat. 1130 [Comp. St. Ann.…
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- United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1949
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