United States v. Newton

MORRIS, District Judge.

Each count of the indictment charges the defendants with importing and bringing into the United States intoxicating liquor in violation of section 593 (b) of The Tariff Act of 1922 (19 USCA § 497) which forbids importations contrary to law. The first count charges the defendant Callahan as aider and abettor of other defendants; the second as principal. The facts alleged to show that the importa*426tion was contrary to law are that it was made (1) without a permit from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, as required by Schedule 8 of the Tariff Act of 1922, (2) without…