Friedman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Harry Friedman was convicted of fraudulent importation of feather goods, and he brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
The indictment charged that on May 27, 1920, Friedman, the defendant, “did fraudulently and knowingly import and bring into the United States” aigrettes, osprey plumes, and the feathers and other parts of birds of paradise; “that is to say the •defendant, having arrived at the port of New York * * * from * % * France as a passenger on the steamer Ea France, on May 27, 1920, did fraudulently and knowingly import,” etc.
Testimony was adduced to show that the prohibited goods were found in Friedman’s possession, and that he had stated that he had “smuggled” them into this…
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