Rice v. United States

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called the defend*480ants, were convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under an indictment in two counts, which charged them with violation of the ■Harrison Narcotic Act (26 USCA §§ 211, 691-707; Comp. St. §§' 6287g-6287q). The first count charged them with the possession of opium without having registered and paid the tax required by the act, and the second count with concealing opium which had been brought into the United States.

A search warrant was issued by the United States commissioner upon…