Opinion ID: 1547547
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Heading: Third Count.

Text: The weight and sufficiency of the evidence on the third count likewise varies in each case. We are not, however, required to pass upon it, as the record is wholly lacking in any proof of venue. It seems to be the claim of the government that the narcotics were purchased at Kansas City, Mo., if anywhere. It is conceded that there is no evidence of actual purchases by the defendants within the jurisdiction of the trial court. The convictions on this count must therefore be reversed, on the authority of Brightman v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 7 F.(2d) 532, and Cain v. U. S. (C. C. A.) 12 F.(2d) 580. To sum up: We are of the opinion that the convictions on the first and third counts should be reversed as to all the defendants; that the convictions on the second (or possession) count should be sustained as to all the defendants except Daman Lewis. As to him it should be reversed. And it is so ordered.