Legal Opinion

Blunt v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided July 24, 1918No. 2599PublishedCited by 3 opinions

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Arthur E. Blunt. Judgment of conviction, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

MACK, Circuit Judge.

Writ of error to review a judgment and sentence against plaintiff in error, Arthur E. Blunt, under an indictment charging him with a violation of sections 1 and 2, Harrison Act (Act Dec. 17, 1914, c. Í, 38 Stat. 785 [Comp. St. §§ 6287g, 6287hj) copied in substance as a footnote. The first 12 counts are substantially identical, except that each count refers to a separate transaction. The offense therein charged was that the defendant, a practicing physician, in Chicago, and one who dispensed and distributed certain derivatives of opium, and who had registered his name and…

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Miller v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1923
  2. Saunders v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1919
  3. United States v. DenkerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1918

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