RICE v. UNITED STATES

No. 2182.

24 F.2d 479 (1928)

RICE et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 12, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Essex S. Abbott, of Boston, Mass. (Joseph V. Carroll, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error.

John V. Spaulding, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., of Gloucester, Mass., on the brief), for the United States.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in error, hereinafter called the defendants, were convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts under an indictment in two counts, which charged them with violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act (26 USCA §§ 211, 691-707; Comp. St. §§ 6287g-6287q). The first count charged them with the possession of opium without having registered and...

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