H. Hackfeld & Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This case is here on writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to review a judgment of that court, affirming a judgment of the District Court for the District of Hawaii, in which the petitioner, Ilackfeld and Company, was adjudged guilty of a violation of section 10 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1084, and to pay a fine of $600, for neglecting to return to the port from…
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CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP APPEALS POR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. This case is here on writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to review a judgment of that court, affirming a judgment of the District Court for the District of Hawaii, in which the petitioner, Ilackfeld and Company, was adjudged guilty of a violation of section 10 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1084, and to pay a fine of $600, for neglecting to return to the port from whence, they came, Yokohama, Japan, two certain Japanese immigrants unlawfully in the United States, in violation of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Ms. Justice Day,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
The Circuit Court of Appeals disposed of this case upon the view that the-judgment of conviction would have been warranted upon the evidentiary facts stipulated, and that the stipulation, in so far as it stated that the escape of the immigrants could not have been reasonably anticipated by the master or officers of the steamship, and did not occur by reason of any negligence or want of proper care upon their part, was the statement of a mere conclusion, not binding upon the court, and would not prevent it…
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