DE MOSS v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

No. 3688.

14 F.2d 1021 (1926)

William DE MOSS, Plaintiff in Error, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant in Error.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

October 22, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Boddie, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in error.

Ernest L. Duck, of Chicago, Ill., for the United States.

Before ALSCHULER, EVANS, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


EVAN A. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff in error was convicted and sentenced upon an indictment charging him, among other things, with having purchased from "persons unknown, in the city of Chicago, a quantity of cocaine hydrochloride," in violation of the so-called Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act. Comp. St. §§ 6287g-6287q. Support for the conviction rests entirely upon the presumption which arose from De Moss' possession of such narcotics.

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