United States v. Gay

BAKER, District Judge.

This is an action to recover the penalty of $1,000, prescribed for the importation of aliens under contract to perform labor and service in this country, in violation of the acts of February 26,1885, and March 3,1891 (1 Supp. Rev. St. pp. 479, 934).

The declaration, omitting the caption, is as follows:

*255“The plaintiff complains of the defendant, and says that the defendant is a resident of the city of Indianapolis, in the state of Indiana, and that heretofore, to wit, on the 20th day of July, 1893. the said defendant did assist and. encourage the importation and migration…