De Bellis v. United States

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error complains of his conviction upon an indictment charging him and one Colamanico with violation of the Narcotic Act and conspiracy to violate that act.

The indictment charges, in the first count, that the defendants purchased specified large quantities of morphine hydrochloride and cocaine hydrochloride; in the second, that do fendants were persons whose business it was to deal in these drugs, and that they were required to register with the internal revenue collector and to pay the special tax, but not having registered nor paid the special tax,…