United States v. Ellis Walker

CECIL, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal by Ellis Walker, defendant-appellant, 1 from a judgment of conviction in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, on a six-count indictment charging possession and sale of narcotics. The defendant was charged in separate counts of possession of heroin on each of three days, December 12th, 15th and 28th, in the year 1960, in violation of Section 174, Title 21, U.S.C. He was also charged in separate counts of sales of the same heroin on the same days in violation of Section 4705(a), Title 26, U.S.C.

The alleged…