United States v. Doe

DE HAVEN, District Judge.

The indictment charges “John Doe, a Chinese person, whose true name is to the grand jurors aforesaid unknown,” with the offense of having aided and abetted the illegal landing of one Lee Hun in the United States from a certain vessel arriving in San Francisco from the port of Hong Kong. A Chinese person has been arraigned upon this indictment, and has demurred thereto upon several grounds, one of which is “that it is not alleged therein and cannot be ascertained .therefrom who is charged with having committed the offense attempted to be charged therein.” It is a…