Baldwin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; Edward R. Meek, Judge. J. E. Baldwin was convicted of violating the Drug Registration Act of December 17, 1914, and he brings error.
1Per curiam
This case was submitted to the jury on the first, second, seventh, eighth, and ninth counts of the indictment, each of which undertook to charge the commission by the defendant of an offense denounced by the Drug Registration Act of December 17, 1914. 38 Stat. R. 785. We must treat that statute as a valid revenue measure. United States v. Jin Fuey Moy, 241 U. S. 394, 36 Sup. Ct. 658, 60 L. Ed. 1061. We are not of opinion that either of the counts mentioned was subject to be quashed on the grounds stated in the motion made to that end by the defendant. The ninth count sufficiently charged that…
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