Peter Young v. United States

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

Peter Young, appellant herein, was convicted by a jury in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of California, Central Division, on four counts in an indictment charging violations of 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. 1 His case was heard and tried with United States v. Mejia. 2 In counts 1 and 3 of the indictment, appellant was charged with unlawful sales of marijuana on February 1 and February 2, 1957; and in counts 2 and 4 he was charged with unlawful concealment and transportation of marijuana on February 4 and February 20, 1957.

The district judge…