Direct Sales Co. v. United States

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Direct Sales Company, Inc., with four others, was indicted in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of South Carolina charged .with the crime of conspiring to violate the Harrison Narcotic Act, 26 U.S.C.A. Int. Rev.Code §§ 2550 et seq., 3220 et seq. (Section 37, Criminal Code, 18 U.S.C.A. § 88). A plea in abatement and demurrer were interposed by the appellant and after argument the plea in abatement was denied and the demurrer overruled. 40 F.Supp. 917.

Two of those indicted pleaded guilty and a severance was granted as to another…