Russell v. United States

The indictment charged the defendant with giving away narcotics as a “dealer” without being registered as required by section 1 of the Harrison Act (26 USCA § 211; Comp. St. § 6287g). It did not allege, and the proof did not show, that the narcotics given away were in stamped packages, or that the defendant dealt in such. Hence the question is whether the requirement for registry applies to one who dispenses narcotics from unstamped packages as well as to those who dispense from stamped. The negative was decided in O’Neill v. U. S., 19 F.(2d) 322 (C. C. A. 8); Butler v. U. S., 20 F.(2d) 570…