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BURTON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16093.

272 F.2d 473 (1959)

Mary Helen BURTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Weiss, Ernest L. Graves, Arthur Sherman, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Rembert T. Brown, Robert John Jensen, Bruce A. Bevan, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before ORR, BARNES and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges.

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a conviction of the receipt, concealment and transportation of eighty-eight grains of illegally imported heroin. 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. Appeal is timely and this Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

We first adopt, with slight changes, the introductory statement of appellant's opening brief which is as follows:

"Defendants Edwin Stewart and Mary Helen Burton were originally indicted in...

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