Howard R. Marshall v. United States

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on two counts of an information charging violation of *96the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C.A. § 301 et seq. The principal issues before us spring from appellant’s contentions that as a matter of law the defense of entrapment was established and that he was prejudiced beyond recall by newspaper accounts published during the course of his trial. ■Other errors assigned question the jurisdiction of the court and the sufficiency •of the evidence to support the verdicts.

The alleged entrapment centers around the activities of Robert E.…