Jones v. United States

HUXMAN, Circuit Judge.

An indictment containing two counts was returned against appellant in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, charging him with violating Title 26, U.S.C.A. § 2593(a). 1 Both counts charged that appellant unlawfully acquired quantities of bulk marijuana by transfer, without having paid the transfer tax imposed thereon by Section 2590 (a). Trial was had to the court. He was found guilty on both counts 'and judgment of sentence was pronounced on him.

While appellant denied possession of the drugs, there was substantial evidence supporting a…