BECK v. UNITED STATES

No. 19562.

317 F.2d 865 (1963)

Edward Earle BECK, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Walsh, Percy Foreman, Foreman & Walsh, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

Morton L. Susman, William A. Jackson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Woodrow Seals, U.S. Atty., by Morton L. Susman, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, WISDOM and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

Edward Earle Beck, appellant, was convicted by a jury of a violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. The substance of the offense was the smuggling of five marihuana cigarettes into the United States from Mexico at the Laredo International Bridge. The marihuana was hidden in the elaborate hairdo of his travelling companion, Janet Watkins.

Beck and Janet Watkins, together with another couple, went to Mexico for a weekend. When the parties...

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