United States v. Sischo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern Division of the Western District of Washington: Edward E. Cushman, Judge. Action by the United States against Wesley E. Sischo to recover a penalty. Judgment for defendant (262 Fed. 1001), and the United States brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WOLVERTON, District Judge.
This is an action instituted by the government, under section 5803, Comp. Stat. 1918, to recover a penalty imposed by the collector of customs against the defendant, Wesley L. Sisclio, in the sum of $6,400, for importing into this country 100 five-tael tins of opium, prepared for smoking purposes, without including the same in the ship’s manifest. Sischo was the owner and master of the gasoline launch by which the opium was brought in, and the penalty was imposed under section 2809 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 5506). The question involved for decision is…
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