Williams v. United States

HOOD, Associate Judge.'

Appellant was convicted of violation of ;Code 1951, 33-416; which provides:

“Any store, shop, warehouse, dwelling-house, building, vehicle, boat, aircraft, or any place whatever, which is resorted to by narcotic drug addicts for the purpose of using narcotic drugs or which is used for the illegal keeping or selling of the same, shall be deemed a common nuisance. No person shall keep of ■ maintain such a common nuisance.”

We reversed the conviction on the ground that there was no evidence that narcotic drugs were or had been kept on the premises. Williams v. United States,…