Nathaniel Vincent v. United States

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

The defendant was tried to a jury and found guilty under a two-count indictment and was sentenced to a term of ten years upon each count to run consecutively.

The first count of the indictment charged the defendant with unlawfully carrying a quantity of heroin from New York City to St. Louis County on September 19, 1963 in violation of 26 U.S. C.A. § 4724(b). The second count charged the receipt and concealment of the same drug on that date knowing that. it had been unlawfully imported into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174.

The defendant offered no…