McLaughlin v. United States

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

An indictment in two counts was returned against the appellant, defendant be*562low, in the District Court. The first count charged the defendant and one Houck with conspiracy to violate the Harrison Narcotic Act (26 U.S.C.A. §§ 1040-1054, 1383-1391) and the Jones-Miller Act (21 U.S.C.A. § 171 et seq.). The second charged the defendant with concealment of two cubes of morphine hydrochloride, knowing the same to have been illegally imported into the United States.

The case was tried to a jury and a verdict of guilty was returned upon both counts. Thereafter defendant was…