United States v. Hills

HAZEL, District Judge.

This is a motion to quash an indictment found by the grand jury accusing the defendant of a violation of section ii of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 (Act May 6, 1882, c. 126, 22 Stat. 61 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1307]), as amended in 1884 (Act July 5, 1884, c. 220, 23 Stat. 117 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1310]). That section prohibits a person from knowingly bringing into, or causing to be brought into, the United States by land any Chinese person not lawfully entitled to enter the United States; and from aiding or abetting such unlawful entry. It was admitted on…