Bruno v. United States

I cannot bring myself to think that the majority opinion is right, and it seems to involve principles of sufficient importance to warrant a brief statement of my views.

Certain additional facts should be stated in order to make the legal problems clearer. Bruno, who for 20 years had been in the liquor *658business in Boston, went to Halifax ^and bought the schooner Golden West. Amero took her to St. Pierre, where she was loaded with intoxicating liquors.. She then sailed, avowedly, for Nassau. But she headed directly for Massachusetts Bay, where she was met by motorboats, and some of the liquor…