United States v. Williams

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

On application of the United States we allowed this appeal from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Appeals 1 reversing a judgment of the Municipal Court whereby the appellee Williams, convicted in a jury trial, had been sentenced for violation of § 33-416, D.C. Code (1951). This statute reads as follows:

“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…