Lemmons v. United States

POLLOCK, District Judge.

Appellant was tried and convicted of sending nonmailable matter through the mail, to wit, strychnine, from Slater, Colo., with the intention of harming the addressees. The first count charged that a package was sent to Kate Whiting at Dixon, Wyo., the second charged that a package was sent to John Lemmons at Laramie, Wyo. The offenses are alleged to have been committed on February 6,1931. Appellant received a two-year sentence on each count; sentences to run concurrently. Defendant below appeals.

The principal ground of error relied upon for reversal is, the trial court…