United States v. Frankel

L. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Frankel was indicted for importing into tlie United States one hundred and ten pounds of heroin and about six and a half pounds of morphine in a traveling bag concealed in a ease of toy lanterns. The case was tried to a jury, which found him guilty on both counts and he was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment and a fine. The chief question is of the sufficiency of the proof, though questions also arise as to the conduct of the trial. We address ourselves first to the evidence. Five eases arrived in the port of New York on Hile de France, on April 6, 1932, consigned…