United States v. Charles Tourine Et Ano., and Leonard Burtman and Benedict Himmel

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:

Two shipments of goods, which were imported into the United States from Denmark by Pacific Coast Distributors, a company owned by defendant Leonard Burtman, were invoiced as “earthenware cups and saucers” but were actually pornographic booklets. Thé first shipment, containing 15 cases, arrived in New York on December 18, 1967, and, pursuant to prior arrangements made by Burtman, was delivered and stored under the supervision of the defendant Himmel in a building occupied by the printing business of Morris Drucker. The storage there was terminated after three or four…