Legal Opinion
United States v. Innes
District Court, D. Oregon
Decided December 14, 1914No. 6518PublishedCited by 1 opinion
R. M. Innes was informed against for alleged knowingly and unlawfully permitting an alien Chinese person to land in the United States, in violation of the Chinese Exclusion Law.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
The defendant is, upon information of the prosecuting attorney, charged with knowingly and unlawfully permitting one Ah Quai, the said Ah Quai being an alien and a Chinaman, to enter into and land, and be landed in the United States, in violation of section 9 of the act of September 13, 1888. 25 Stat. 476. Trial was"had before the court; a jury being waived.
[ 1 ] Section 9 of the act, which is the section under which the information is preferred, provides:
“That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land, or…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Taylor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Gregory v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1879
- United States v. Ah FookCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1910