Sims v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the District of Washington.
1Opinion of the Court
GILBERT, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs in error were jointly indicted on June 7, 1902, for the offense of unlawfully landing, and aiding and abetting in landing, three male Chinese laborers, at Seattle, Wash., on February 15, 1902, from a foreign vessel at Port Townsend, Wash. The indictment contained two counts for the illegal landing of the same Chinamen. The plaintiffs in error demurred to each count on the ground that in neither of them are facts stated sufficient to constitute an offense against the laws of the United States. The demurrer was overruled. Upon a plea of not guilty, the…
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