William Josehp Matthews v. United States

Appellant was convicted on six counts of an indictment charging violations of federal narcotic laws, Int.Rev.Code of 1954, §§ 4704(a), 4705(a), 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a) (Supp. III, 1956); 35 Stat. 614 (1909), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 174 (1952). Counts I, II and III related to events charged to have occurred October 22, 1955. Counts IV, V and VI related to events charged to-have occurred November 4, 1955. The sentences on the two sets of counts run consecutively, but concurrently on the counts within each set.

No question is raised as to the validity of the convictions on Counts I and II.…