BEASLEY v. UNITED STATES

No. 12007.

218 F.2d 366 (1954)

Leonard BEASLEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 4, 1954.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 11, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miss Jeanne B. Miles, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Emory H. Smith and Charles W. Smith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Lewis A. Carroll and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, BAZELON and FAHY, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Denied April 11, 1955. See 75 S.C. 584.

FAHY, Circuit Judge.

Upon sufficient evidence appellant was convicted in the District Court, with others who have not appealed, of the illegal sale, purchase and concealment of heroin, a narcotic, in violation of the Harrison Narcotics Act1 and the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act.2 Several grounds for reversal are asserted.

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