Williams v. United States

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellant was charged with violation of Title 33, Section 416 of the District of Columbia Code, which reads:

“Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling-house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or any place whatever, which is resorted to by narcotic drug addicts for the purpose of using narcotic drugs or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same, shall be deemed a common nuisance. No person shall keep or maintain such a common nuisance.”

Trial was before a jury, which found appellant guilty, and he was sentenced.

At the trial it was shown by the Government…