CHILDS v. UNITED STATES

No. 14433.

267 F.2d 619 (1958)

James H. CHILDS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 18, 1958.

Certiorari Denied March 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. C. Peacock, Washington, D. C. (appointed by the District Court) for appellant.

Mr. Joseph M. Hannon, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before JACKSON, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, sitting by designation, and BAZELON (presiding) and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied March 23, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 730.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a conviction for violation of the narcotics laws, 35 Stat. 614 (1909), as amended, 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 and Int.Rev.Code of 1954, §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a), 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a). The evidence showed that the sales of narcotics involved here were made to, and at the request of, a Government informer. Defendant's sole ground of appeal is that...

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