New York Cent. & H. R. R. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In'Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of New York. Action by the United 'States against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company. There was a judgment for plaintiff (232 Fed. 179), and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
COXE, Circuit Judge.
This action whs brought to recover five penalties, of $1,000 each, under the immigration laws, for assisting and inducing five aliens to enter the United States from Canada to work as laborers on the defendant’s railroad. The aliens in question did not enter the United States but it is asserted by the defendant in error that there was a violation of the statute by the railroad company’s agents in encouraging and assisting the aliens to enter, although they never did enter the United States. The court rendered judgment for one penalty only, of $1,000. .
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