Lawrence W. Peden v. United States

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for narcotics violations. 1 2He alleges errors in three respects. The first and principal point relates to a remark made by the prosecuting attorney in his summation to thé jury. The accused was arrested after he had allegedly made a sale- of narcotics to an informer who had been: supplied with marked money. The arrest was made in a little house, or shack, on a used-ear lot. Three police officers participated and were present when the arrest was made. Officer Holcomb testified:

“In our first conversation with the defendant,…