Roy Joseph Travis v. United States

HAMLEY, Circuit Judge:

Roy Joseph Travis appeals from a judgment of conviction, and sentence, for a violation of section 2(c) of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, 70 Stat. 570 (1956), 21 U.S.C. § 174 (1964).

On February 11, 1965, shortly before sunset, Travis, travelling alone, landed a rented Canadian-registered “Mooney” aircraft at the airport in Yuba City, California. He had the airplane’s gas tank filled, parked the aircraft “on the line,” locked it, and left for town. A few minutes before 9:00 o’clock that night, federal narcotic agents and custom agents arrived at the airport.…