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HIGGINS v. UNITED STATES

No. 9311.

160 F.2d 222 (1946)

HIGGINS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 16, 1946.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 5, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James J. Laughlin, of Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. M. Edward Buckley, Jr., of Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Mr. Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, of Washington, D.C., with whom Messers. George E. McNeil, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney at the time the record was filed, of Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 5, 1947. See 67 S.Ct. 1304

GRONER, C. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction on the verdict of a jury in a narcotic case. The evidence on the trial followed the invariable pattern of similar prosecutions. An informer in the pay of the Government is first searched by an agent, given money and told to effect a purchase of the drug, the agent in the meanwhile following the informer and watching the transaction and thereafter...

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