SUE HOO CHEE v. UNITED STATES

No. 11481.

163 F.2d 551 (1947)

SUE HOO CHEE v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 26, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Hettman and Chan Chung Wing, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Frank J. Hennessy, U. S. Atty., of San Francisco, Cal., and Harlan M. Thompson and Emmet J. Seawell, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Sacramento, Cal., for appellee.

Before GARRECHT, DENMAN, and STEPHENS, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of violating 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 in that he concealed smoking opium. He appeals from the judgment which followed.

Appellant claims that the United States Attorney was guilty of prejudicial misconduct in that he questioned witnesses as to whether or not appellant's wife was a user of opium and that such inquiry was irrelevant, immaterial and prejudicial and that evidence to the effect that appellant...

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