Reynolds v. United States

Six counts of an indictment returned May 6, 1953, charged Raymond J. Watson and the appellant, Charles Reynolds, with violating the narcotics statutes. A seventh count charged Reynolds alone with purchasing, selling, dispensing and distributing certain capsules containing a mixturé of morphine sulphate, not in or from the original stamped package.

When the case was called for trial October 19,1953, Watson withdrew his plea of not guilty and pleaded guilty to Counts 1 and 6. Although no disposition had been made of tha other four counts against Watson, the trial proceeded against Reynolds…