Woitte v. United States

RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is a writ of error to review a judgment of conviction under an indictment containing eleven counts.

The first count charged that the plaintiffs in error and others, at a time and place to the grand jurors unknown, conspired to violate the Tariff Act of 1922 (42 Stat. 858), by importing and bringing into the United States and into the state and district of Oregon, large quantities of whisky, gin, and other intoxicating liquors fit for beverage purposes, all of which merchandise was and would be dutiable, without declaring said merchandise to any customs officers of…