Merritt v. State

245 Ind. 362 (1964)

198 N.E.2d 867

MERRITT

v.

STATE OF INDIANA.

No. 30,500.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed June 3, 1964.

John G. Bunner, of Evansville, for appellant.

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Carl E. Van Dorn, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

ARTERBURN, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Vanderburgh Circuit Court convicting the appellant of the offense of violating Section 17 of the Indiana Uniform Narcotic Drug Act, which provides that it shall be unlawful for any person to obtain or attempt to obtain a narcotic drug by fraud, deceit or the use of a false name. The…