United States v. Regan
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York; James L. Martin, Judge. Action by the United States against James B. Regan. Judgment for defendant, and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
The United States brought this action of debt against James B. Regan, proprietor of the Knickerbocker Hotel, New York, to recover a penalty of $1,000 for assisting the importation of a contract laborer, viz., one Foreau, a citizen of France, to be employed as a pastry cook in the hotel, under sections 4 and 5 of the act of February 20, 1907 (34 Stat. 900, c. 1134 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 503]), which read;
“Sec. 4. (Importing contract labor a misdemeanor.) That it shall be a misdemeanor for any person, company, partnership, or corporation, in any manner whatsoever,…
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