Commonwealth v. Pinckney

Opinion by

Ervin,- J.,

Appellant, Irin Pinckney, also known as Irvin Pinckney, was indicted, together with one Andrew Grantz, and charged with unlawful possession of drugs, in violation of §4 of the Act of July 11, 1917, P. L. 768,, as amended, 35 PS §854, which provides: “No person shall have in his possession or under his control, or deal in, dispense, sell, deliver, distribute, prescribe, traffic in, or give away, any of said drugs [opium or derivative of opium].” Grantz’ case, which is not involved in this appeal, was disposed of separately immediately prior to appellant Pinckney’s trial.…