Edward Earle Beck v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge.
Edward Earle Beck, appellant, was convicted by a jury of a violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. The substance of the offense was the smuggling of five marihuana cigarettes into the United States from Mexico at the Laredo International Bridge. The marihuana was hidden in the elaborate hairdo of his travelling companion, Janet Watkins.
Beck and Janet Watkins, together with another couple, went to Mexico for a weekend. When the parties entered the United States upon their return, an initial inspection revealed no contraband; but Janet Watkins was taken into a search room by a…
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