Henry Rodella v. United States

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted on eight counts of violating 21 U.S.C.A. § 174; 70 Stat. 570 (1956), i. e., for having “knowingly received, concealed, transported and sold, or in any manner facilitated the transportation, concealment or sale,” of narcotic drugs. Appellant was convicted of the first six counts, and acquitted on the last two. The odd numbered counts charged a sale on four dates; the even numbered counts charged receiving, concealing and transporting, or facilitating the concealment and transportation of the same narcotic drugs on the same four dates. Thus, the…