United States of America Ex Rel. Otis Swanson v. Frederick G. Reincke, Warden, Connecticut State Prison

FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

On February 1, 1963, the State of Connecticut charged Otis Swanson with violation of § 19-246 of its General Statutes (Revision of 1958 and Supplemental Laws), 1 *providing that:

“No person shall manufacture, possess, have under his control, sell, prescribe, dispense, compound, administer to himself or to another person or be addicted to the use of any narcotic drug, except as authorized in this chapter.”

The information also referred to § 19-265, entitled “Penalty for illegal possession or dispensing,” which provides that violation “other than by administering to…