Legal Opinion

Mauk v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 15, 1937No. 8243PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted and sentenced on each of thirteen counts of an indictment charging violations of section 2 of the Harrison Narcotic Act of December 17, 1914, c. 1, 38 Stat. 786 (26 U.S.C.A. § 1044), which provides: “It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange, or give away any of the afore*558said drugs [drugs mentioned in section 1040(a)]1 *except in pursuance of a written order of the person to whom such article is sold, bartered, exchanged, or given, on a form to be issued in blank for that purpose by the Commissioner.......”

Reversal is sought…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Hill v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Child Labor Tax CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. United States v. DaughertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
  4. United States v. DoremusSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Nigro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. FredellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1973
  2. Cantrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1977
  3. Ratigan v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
  4. Young v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1941
  5. Balistreri v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1939

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