Bethea v. United States

EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was convicted and sentenced for violating sections 1 and 2 of the Harrison Narcqtic Act (Comp. St. §§ 6287g, 6287h), in that he, being “a person who was dealing in, bartering, and selling a certain derivative of opium, had not registered his name and place of business with the collector of internal revenue, etc., and had not paid to said collector the special tax therefor as required by law,” and “did unlawfully barter and sell a large quantity of a certain derivative of opium, to wit, morphine hydrochloride, contrary to the form of the statute,” etc.

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