Legal Opinion
Wesson v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1947No. 13476PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted appellant of two narcotics-laws violations, under section 2554 (a) and (g) of the Internal Revenue Code, 53 Stat. .272, 273, 26 U.S.C.A. Int.Rev. Code, § 2554(a) and (g). The court imposed a general sentence of 5 years imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
Appellant was a physician, practicing at Marmaduke, Arkansas, a town of 600 to 800 people, and in the surrounding rural area. He filled his own prescriptions and had duly paid the special tax and made the registration necessary for dispensing or administering narcotics medicinally, under 26…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Dunn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Direct Sales Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- C. M. Spring Drug Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Pilgreen v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1946
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- United States v. Teodoro Ariza-Ibarra, United States of America v. Alvaro Rodriguez AmadorCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
- Wesson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
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