Brown v. United States

ESTES, District Judge.

The plaintiff in error was convicted on two counts—the first and the fifth—of an indictment charging him with violations of sections 1 and 2, respectively, of the act of Congress approved December 17, 1914, as amended, and known as the Harrison Narcotic Law (43 Stat. c. 234, §§ 705-707).

In the briefs a number of specifications of error are discussed that relate to the admissibility of the testimony of a narcotic inspector, and to some documents and exhibits that were identified by him and permitted by the court to be shown to the jury. As we view it, the evidence in…