Belli

Appellant was found guilty by a jury of having in his possession illegally a quantity of morphine; and from the judgment of conviction he has appealed, urging as ground for reversal insufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction.

The case of the prosecution rested mainly on the testimony given by three state narcotic agents. They testified in substance that while stationed on Pell Street between Steiner and Pierce Streets in San Francisco, about 2:30 o’clock in the afternoon, they saw appellant walk westerly along the south side of Pell Street between the intersecting streets mentioned and drop a small white package on the sidewalk; that at the same time they observed another man, who proved to be one Harry Wilson, approaching appellant in the opposite direction on the same side of the street and within the same block; that immediately after appellant dropped the package on the sidewalk Wilson picked it up and continued on; that he was closely followed for a short distance by one of the agents and then placed under arrest; that upon being searched a small white package similar to the one appellant had thrown on the sidewalk was found on his person, which contained an…