The plaintiffs in error, Leon and Trueba, were indicted and convicted in the court below under that provision of 0 the Act of Congress of February 24, 1919, 40 Stat. 1057 -1130 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 6287g), so amending the former Act of December 17, 1914, commonly known as the Harrison Narcotic Act, as to read in part as follows:

—the statute making provision for the payment of such tax. The indictment against the plaintiffs in error and one Santos contained two counts, under the second of which the plaintiffs in error were convicted. That count alleged in effect that the three persons mentioned, at a certain named time and place within the jurisdiction of the trial court, “did knowingly, willfully, unlawfully, and feloniously deal in and distribute certain narcotics, to wit, 12 ounces of morphine; they, the said Jose Santos, Joe Leon, and Frank Trueba, having not then and there registered and paid the special tax as required and imposed by *386 section 1 of the Act of Congress approved December 17, 1914, as amended by the Act approved February 24, 1919, and known as the Harrison Narcotic Act, and the said defendants, Jose Santos, Joe Leon, and Frank Trueba were then and there persons required to register and pay the special tax under and by the act as aforesaid and section 1 thereof, the said morphine was not then and there contained in the original stamped packages having affixed thereto and bearing thereon appropriate tax paid stamps as required by the said Harrison Narcotic Act, as aforesaid, and the said morphine was then and there a compound, manufacture, salt, derivative and preparation of opium.”

In response to the contention on behalf of plaintiffs in error that the evidence was insufficient to justify the verdict of guilty, it is enough to refer briefly to the testimony of the witness Halstead, an officer of the government, who testified in substance, among other things, that when he came to Los Angeles he was referred to Trueba, who took and introduced him' to Leon at 521 -High street, Santos being also present, when the three defendants and himself went into the front room of the place, his conversation with Leon and Trueba being in English; that during the conversation he told Leon that he was a peddler of narcotics, and wanted to buy some, which they- produced, and he tasted and found was morphine. We here quote a few of the questions to and answers of this witness;

In the face of such testimony as that, it is idle to contend that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict — the conflict in the testimony being a matter for the jury only.

The court very properly instructed the jury that, while the government officer was unauthorized to induce a man to commit a crime, he was authorized—

The court left it to the jury to find under count 1 of the indictment whether there was an actual sale, as alleged in that count, but properly, *387 as we think, directed that they might be convicted of dealing in or distributing the narcotic under the second count of the indictment.

The judgment is affirmed.