Louise Orebo and Tom Gore, Jr. v. United States

ORR, Cricuit Judge.

Appellants stand convicted of selling and concealing narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The Government’s principal witness Louis Peterson, was a paid informer, who had been previously convicted of narcotics violations.

The said informer testified directly to several meetings with appellants, during two of which the alleged violations of federal law took place. The informer’s testimony was in most part corroborated by regular federal agents who “supervised” his dealings with appellants. The details of the actual delivery of the drug took place during a very limited…