United States v. Arthur William Ladson

LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

Arthur William Ladson was convicted of selling or facilitating the sale of heroin on March 7 and March 21, 1958, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174, and of conspiracy to violate those sections during the early months of 1958 by entering into an agreement with one Au gustus Franks. Ladson was also indicted for a sale of narcotics on February 24, 1958, but was acquitted on this count. He was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment on each of the counts on which he was convicted, the sentences to run concurrently.

This appeal raises three questions. First, Ladson…