Lambert v. United States

101 F.2d 960 (1939)

LAMBERT

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 8832.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 24, 1939.

Rehearing Denied March 25, 1939.

Thos. Arthur Edwards, of Lake Charles, La., for appellant.

Harvey G. Fields, U. S. Atty., and J. Fair Hardin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Shreveport, La.

Before SIBLEY, HUTCHESON and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a physician, was indicted in four counts for selling, and in a fifth count for conspiracy to sell narcotics, to one Christian, in violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act, 26 U.S.C.A. § 1040 et seq. He was acquitted on…