POLK v. UNITED STATES

No. 17017.

291 F.2d 230 (1961)

Jewel POLK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark A. Barrett, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Laurence E. Dayton, U. S. Atty., John Kaplan and Charles W. Getchell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.

Jewel Polk was indicted on a single count charging him with the unlawful concealment of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, and following a trial to the court was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. This is an appeal from that judgment.

The evidence showed that on the evening of June 3, 1960, officers of the San Francisco Police Department delivered $180 in marked bills to an informer with instructions...

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