Trice

Alfred F. Trice was charged in an indictment with four violations of the narcotic laws. He pleaded not guilty to each and after trial by jury he was found guilty as to each count. Trice was charged in Count One with selling and distributing on or about June 4, 1952, a certain narcotic drug (approximately forty grains of heroin) named in Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 2550 (a) and being in violation of Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 2553 (a). Trice was charged in Count Two with knowingly and unlawfully receiving, concealing, and facilitating transportation on or about June 4, 1952, of the drug the subject matter of Count One, Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 . In Count Three Trice was charged with selling and distributing on or about June 17, 1952, ninety-eight grains of heroin. Trice was charged in Count Four with transporting on or about June 17, 1952, the subject matter of Count Three.

The court pronounced sentence of imprisonment for five years and a fine of $2,000 on each of Counts One, Two, and Three, “and that the defendant be further imprisoned until said fines aggregating $6,000 be paid or he is otherwise discharged as provided by law.” The periods of imprisonment as to Counts One, Two, and Three are…