Dysart v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In error to the District Court of the United States for the El Paso Division of the Western District of Texas; William R. Smith, Judge. J. C. Dysart was convicted of unlawfully selling narcotics, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BRYAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff in error was convicted for violating section 2 of the so-called Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act. 38 Statutes at Large, 785 (Comp. St. § 6287h). The indictment contains eight counts, charging unlawful sales of morphine sulphate. The first seven counts are substantially identical, except that the name of the individual to whom the sale was alleged to have been made is different in each of said counts. The eighth count charged sales to a named individual and divers unknown persons. There was a verdict of guilty as charged in the first count, and not guilty as to the…
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