Kinnison v. United States

Appellant was convicted on four counts of an indictment charging violations of the Marihuana Act.1 He was sentenced to imprisonment for a term of from one to three years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently. On this appeal, the conviction is challenged on the ground that the indictment does not charge an offense under any provision of the Act. Specifically, the challenge is that the indictment in two counts charged that the sale of the drug was not made in pursuance of a written order on a form issued in blank for that purpose “by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of the United…