Rothman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Solomon Roth-man, Louis Cohen, and William Cohen. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error, who were, defendants below, will be hereinafter referred to as defendants.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Solomon Roth-man, Louis Cohen, and William Cohen. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. The plaintiffs in error, who were, defendants below, will be hereinafter referred to as defendants. The defendants and one Jacob Weinberg were indicted on September 17, 1918, for unlawfully selling heroin and for conspiracy respecting such sale. They pleaded not guilty, and- were put on trial on July 21, 1919. The jury brought in a verdict of guilty on…
1Opinion of the CourtRogers, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The defendants have been indicted under what is known as the Harrison Act, being the Act of December 17, 1914, 38 Stat. pt. 1, c. 1, p. 785 *33(Comp. St. §§ 6287g~6287q). That act was amended, as to section 1 by the Act of February 24, 1919, c. 18, § 1006, 40 Stat. p. 1130 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 6287g). The amendatory act, having been passed after the acts complained of were committed is not involved herein.
The original act provides for the registration of all persons who produce, import, manufacture, compound, deal in, dispense, sell, distribute, or…
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