Cline v. United States

20 F.2d 494 (1927)

CLINE

v.

UNITED STATES.

No. 7613.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

June 16, 1927.

Frank D. Rader, of Kansas City, Mo. (James M. Rader, of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

William L. Vandeventer, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Kansas City, Mo. (Roscoe C. Patterson, U. S. Atty., and Harry L. Thomas, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for the United States.

Before LEWIS and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, District Judge.

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Cline, plaintiff in error, was convicted of the charge of selling ten grains of…