CRATTY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 9271, 9296.

163 F.2d 844 (1947)

CRATTY v. UNITED STATES. PULLMAN v. SAME.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided June 9, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Saul G. Lichtenberg, of Washington, D. C., (appointed by this Court), for appellant Fred I. Cratty.

Mr. M. Edward Buckley, Jr., of Washington, D. C., for appellant Charles W. Pullman.

Mr. John D. Lane, of Washington, D. C., Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, Cecil R. Heflin and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorneys, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for the United States. Mr. Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, of Washington, D. C., at the time the records were filed, also entered an appearance for the United States.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON and WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justices.


STEPHENS, Associate Justice.

These are appeals from convictions in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia of violation of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, 50 Stat. 551, as amended, Act Feb. 10, 1939, 53 Stat. 279, §§ 2590-2602, March 8, 1946, 60 Stat. 40, § 2591(e), 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 2590-2602, 26 U.S.C.A. § 2591(e). The pertinent portions of that statute are set forth in the margin.1

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