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HOUSTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 4333.

5 F.2d 497 (1925)

HOUSTON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 3, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurice R. Woulfe, of New Orleans, La., for plaintiff in error.

Louis H. Burns, U. S. Atty., and Edwin H. Grace, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New Orleans, La.

Before WALKER and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and HUTCHESON, District Judge.

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a prosecution under section 8 of the Harrison Narcotic Law, 38 Stat. 789 (Comp. St. § 6287n). The indictment charges that the defendant, Lucille Houston, being a person who deals in opium and its derivatives, and as such being required to register and pay the special tax imposed by law, unlawfully had in her possession 60 grains of morphine, to which appropriate tax-paid stamps were not attached...

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