United States v. Theodore Lee Harding

When Theodore Lee Harding crossed the border from Mexico to the United States at 10:30 a. m., on July 15, 1969, a customs inspector at the Port of Entry found five Mexican aliens inside the trunk of Harding’s Chrysler Imperial. As a result of this incident, a federal grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against Harding.

In counts one, two and three, he was charged with inducing the illegal entry of three of these aliens (one named in each count), in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a) (4). In counts four, five and six, Harding was charged with illegally bringing these aliens into the United…