David Louis Hansford v. United States

FAHY, Circuit Judge, with whom EDGERTON, BAZELON, WASHINGTON, DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges, join.

Hansford, the appellant, was found to have sold four capsules containing heroin to a special employee of the Metropolitan Police Department in July 1960. He was found guilty of the sale, possession and importation of narcotic drugs in violation of federal statutes, 1 and was sentenced to prison for ten years. Officer Hutcherson of the Narcotics Squad of the Department testified that he furnished the money, supplied by the Department, to a special employee named Burnett to make the purchase.…