Ernest Hammond v. United States

BARNES, Circuit'Judge:

Appellant was arrested at the Port of Andrade on the Mexican-United States border when the 1963 pickup truck he was driving was searched. Two packages of heroin were found, concealed in a hole cut into the air-cleaner of the automobile. Appellant claimed before a jury that he was innocently driving the car, borrowed by him, for one of his companions at an agreed compensation, but with no knowledge of the heroin. The jury convicted appellant on Count I (conspiracy to import heroin; 21 U.S.C. § 174) and on Count II (knowingly importing heroin; 18 U.S.C. § 2).

Three other…