Robert Williams and Henry J. Williams v. United States

Appellants Robert and Henry Williams were charged in several counts, and convicted in one and two counts, respectively, of concealing and transporting, heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 . William Allen, a co-defendant of appellants, was convicted on ten pleas of guilty of the sale or concealment and transportation of heroin. Apprehension of these defendants was effected by federal narcotics agents and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Deputies with the aid of Francis Jones, a special employee of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. The district court’s jurisdiction to try this offense rests upon 18 U.S.C. § 3231 . This court has jurisdiction on appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1291 .

On June 21, 1960, Jones contacted Allen and told him that he would probably want to buy some heroin on the following day. On June 22, 1960, after contacting law enforcement officers, Jones again called Allen and agreed to meet him at his residence. Jones, supplied with $160.00 of government funds and a Fargo listening device, was taken by the officers to the vicinity of Allen’s home. Jones entered Allen’s residence, the government agents maintaining a fixed surveillance on the building. Jones waited with Allen…