GIBSON v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 8832, 8833.

149 F.2d 381 (1945)

GIBSON v. UNITED STATES. O'KELLEY v. SAME.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided April 16, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Lincoln Johnson, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Mr. Charles B. Murray, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, and Ray L. Jenkins, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GRONER, C. J., and EDGERTON and ARNOLD, JJ.


GRONER, C. J.

These are appeals from judgments of conviction for violation of the marihuana tax law. Marihuana is defined by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as a volatile drug, most often taken in the form of a smoke, and when so taken induces a high exhilaration, often motivating brutal criminality.1 In a Utah case it is said to have been introduced into this country from Mexico,2 but it is now known to...

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