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HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 19491.

304 F.2d 91 (1962)

Elmer Ransome HUGHES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

June 20, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Ransome Hughes, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.

H. M. Ray, U.S. Atty., J. L. Prichard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, and RIVES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

On August 11, 1959 a four-count indictment was returned against Elmer Ransome Hughes charging him with four separate sales of morphine sulfate on the 1st, 2nd, 14th and 26th days of May 1959, respectively, in violation of Section 4705(a), Title 26, United States Code. The arraignment was set for October 23, 1959, at 10:00 o'clock A.M. Hughes appeared without counsel and explained to the court that he could not afford to employ counsel, but had...

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