United States v. Abdallah

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by a physician, in practice since 1917, from conviction by a jury and concurring sentences of imprisonment on three counts of violating 26 U.S. C.A. Int.Rev.Code, § 2554 (a), by selling morphine without a written order on a form issued for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury. The unlawful acts of which he was found guilty consisted of the issuance of prescriptions of the drug to an addict. The government’s contention here is the same as that upheld by us in United States v. Lindenfeld, 2 Cir., 142 F. 2d 829, certiorari denied Lindenfeld v.…