Wolf Low v. United States

MADDEN, Judge:

The appellant, hereinafter called the defendant, was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada of violation of § 545 of Title 18, United States Code. The section makes criminal the receiving, concealment and facilitation of the transportation and concealment of merchandise — in this case watch movements — unlawfully imported into the United States. The trial was by court sitting without a jury.

*62In anticipation of the trial, the defendant made a motion to suppress the watch movements, which the prosecution had in its possession and intended to…