Commonwealth v. Portner

Opinion by

Henderson, J.,

The appellant and Harry Cohen were charged in three indictments with having in their possession and under their control quantities of narcotic drugs, to wit, morphine and cocaine, and in a fourth indictment with conspiracy to sell, deliver, distribute and traffic in said drugs. The appellant was arrested in February, 1927; the indictments were returned March 10, 1927, and the defendants were called for trial five days later. The cases were tried together on all of the indictments before the same jury. The defendant Cohen pleaded guilty. The appellant was not…