Ulysses E. Williamson v. United States

Ulysses E. Williamson, hereafter appellant, appeals from his conviction by a jury in the District Court for the District of Oregon on nine counts of dealing in narcotics in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 4705 (a) and 4704(a), and 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 .

The nine- counts of which appellant was found guilty rose out of three transactions which occurred on September 21, 22 and 24, 1957, wherein appellant delivered certain amounts of heroin to one Gooder, a federal narcotics agent. . Appellant was charged with the following three counts as to each transaction: (1) Selling narcotics not in pursuance of a written order form [ 26 U.S.C. § 4705 (a)], (2) selling narcotics not in or from an original stamped package [ 26 U.S.C. § 4704 (a)], and (3) receiving, concealing, and facilitating the transportation and concealment of narcotics [21 U.S. C.A. § 174].

At the trial, narcotics agent Gooder testified as follows: He was introduced to the appellant on September 21, 1957, by one George Williams, at Williams’ home in Portland, Oregon. Appellant drove Gooder from Williams’ home to his own home in another part of the city. There appellant gave Gooder some capsules wrapped in cellophane in return for…