United States v. Yee Ping Jong

GIBSON, District Judge.

Yee Haim was found guilty upon two indictments, one of which charges him with conspiracy to violate the narcotic laws of the United States and the other with the unlawful sale of opium, and has moved for a new trial in each case.

The principal witness against Yee Haim was George H. White, an agent of the Narcotic Bureau of the Treasury Department. He testified that he came to Pittsburgh to see the defendant, after having made arrangement so to do through a telephone communication between a Chinese informer, Leong 'Long, a co-defendant in the conspiracy indictment and a…