United States v. Kee Ho

The indictment in this case is found under section 3082 of the Revised Statutes, the same being section 4 of the act of July 18, 1866, (14 St. 179,) entitled “An act further to prevent smuggling, and for other purposes.” It provides that “if any person shall fraudulently or knowingly import or bring into the United States, or assist in so do*334ing, any merchandise contrary to law, or shall receive, conceal, buy, sell, or in any manner facilitate the transportation, concealment, or sale of such merchandise after importation, knowing the same to have been imported contrary to law, such merchandise…