Legal Opinion

Newman v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided May 1, 1923No. 2052PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WADDILL, Circuit Judge.

The indictment in this case charged the plaintiff in error, a licensed physician practicing at Elkins, W. Va., with violating the Harrison Anti-Narcotic Drug Act (Comp. St. §§ *7136287g-6287q). The offenses are stated in four counts: First, that the defendant knowingly and feloniously gave, distributed, dispensed, and furnished, on the 7th day of May, 1922, to one John Walter McDonald, a narcotic inspector, 16 one-quarter grains of morphine tablets, not in the course of his regular professional practice as such physician, and not in the treatment of any disease from…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Carpenter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1922
  2. Rau v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1919
  3. Fields v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
  4. Bullard v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1917
  5. Christopoulo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1916

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. United States v. KlassCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
  2. Newman v. StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924
  3. Gideon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1931
  4. Berlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1926
  5. C. M. Spring Drug Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926

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