JOHNSTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 15907.

254 F.2d 239 (1958)

Nelson Gene JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Gene Johnston, pro se.

Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., and Paul R. Shy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

Three counts of an information charged Nelson Gene Johnston with unlawful possession of a narcotic drug on three separate occasions, knowing the same to have been imported into the United States of America, contrary to law, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 174; three counts of the information charged Johnston with unlawful purchase of a narcotic drug, not being in the original stamped package or from the original stamped package, in violation...

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