Audry Mack Lane v. United States

WISDOM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction on three counts of violation of the narcotics and tax laws. 1 The Government charged that Audry Mack Lane, the defendant-appellant, imported a bindle 2 of heroin into this country from Mexico, concealed it after importation, and failed to register and pay the tax on it — all in violation of the law. 3 The jury returned a a verdict of guilty upon which the trial court entered judgment and sentenced Lane to twelve years on the first two counts and five on the last. The sentences are to run concurrently.

March 13, 1962, an informer, said…