Boyd v. United States

This was a prosecution under the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act, c. 1, 38 Stat. 785, as amended, c. 18, 40 Stat. 1130. The indictment contained thirteen counts. The defendant was acquitted on seven and convicted on six; and the conviction was affirmed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 4 Fed. (2d) 1014. The case is hére on writ of certiorari.

In each of the six counts the defendant was described as a physician, registered .as such under the Act and credited with paying the special tax required of physicians, and was charged with unlawfully dispensing— through his written prescription — a stated…