Patterson v. United States

HICKS, Circuit Judge.

The indictment charged Patterson, Wingfield, Moore, Smith, and Murray in the first count with purchasing unstamped heroin in violation of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act § 1, as amended (Section 692, now section 1043, tit 26 U. S. C. [26 USCA § 692 now § 1043]); in the second with possessing and facilitating the transportation of heroin which they knew had been unlawfully imported under the Narcotic Import Statute (section 174, tit. 21, U. S. C. [21 USCA § 174]); and in the third with conspiring (tit. 18, § 88, U. S. C. [18 USCA § 88]) to commit the offenses charged in the…