Legal Opinion

Paoni v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided June 29, 1922No. 2885PublishedCited by 18 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Oliver B. Dickinson, Judge. John Paoni and another were convicted of violations of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act, and they bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

WOOEEEY, Circuit Judge.

This writ brings here for review a record which is so abridged that it discloses little of what transpired at the trial. The bill of exceptions contains merely a stipulation of counsel on twelve points ,and two affidavits setting forth matter to which the affiants would have testified had they been called as witnesses. The stipulation is in substance as follows:

The two defendants, with others, were indicted on June 6, 1921, for violations of the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act. 38 Stat. 785 (Comp. St. §§ 6287g-6287q). Although counsel are charged in some measure with the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Isaacs v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Myers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1915
  3. Younge v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915

3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Edward Morgan MacKenna v. O. B. Ellis, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
  2. United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Chambers v. James F. Maroney, Superintendent State Correctional Institution, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
  3. Robert Muller Taylor v. State of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  4. State v. BetheaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
  5. United States Ex Rel. Theodore Robinson v. Frank J. Pate, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1965

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