Solomon v. United States

ROBB, Associate Justice.

On February 15; 1927, there was returned in the District of Columbia an indictment in four counts.

Count 1 charged that the defendant, appellant here,'between the 1st day of January, 1926, and the 7th day of February, 1927, in the District of Columbia, did import, manufacture, produce, compound, sell, deal in, etc., opium and cocoa leaves and compounds, without having registered with the collector of internal revenue, and without having paid the special license tax required by law.

Count 2 charged that the defendant on, to wit, the 7th day of February, 1927, did sell,…