UNITED STATES v. PLACE

No. 164, Docket 24784.

263 F.2d 627 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Harvey Allen PLACE, Jr. and William Canty, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided February 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Calderon, New York City, for appellant Place.

Maurice N. Nessen, New York City, for appellant Canty.

Richard A. Green, Asst. U. S. Atty., for Southern District of New York, New York City (Arthur H. Christy, U. S. Atty., and Gideon Cashman, Asst. U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, on the brief), for the United States.

Before HINCKS, LUMBARD and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


HINCKS, Circuit Judge.

The defendants Place and Canty were tried and convicted by a jury upon an indictment containing two counts, the first charging possession, concealment and transportation of narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173 and 174, the second a conspiracy to violate, in addition to §§ 173 and 174 of Title 21, Title 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 4701, 4703, 4704(a), 4724 (c) and 4771(a).1

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