De Moss v. United States

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced uppn an indictment charging him, among other things, with having purchased from “persons unknown, in the city of Chicago, a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride,” in violation of the so-called Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act. Comp. St. §§ 6287g-6287q. Support for the conviction rests entirely upon the presumption which arose from De Moss’ possession of such narcotics.

Section 1 of the act reads: “It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase, * * * any of the aforesaid drugs except in the original stamped package or from the…