Wong Yim v. United States

HANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted with two others, in count 1, for conspiring to violate 21 U.S. C.A. § 174 (relating to importation of narcotics), in counts 2 and 3, for violating 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. A fourth count was dismissed.

Prior to the trial, appellant applied for a commission of dedimus potestatem to take the depositions of one Kwock Jung Fong, to whom appellant had sent money for his sister-in-law, Loo Shee, and the latter. Appellant stated in his application that he had sent money to Kwock Jung Fong for Loo Shee, in order to get Loo Shee out of danger from war and into the…