Lee Mow Lin v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
hi Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri; David P. Dyer, judge. i(ce .Mow I,in and Lee Ring were convicted of manufacturing opium [or smoking purposes, and they bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
CARLAND, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs in error, not being citizens of the 'United States, complain oí a conviction and sentence for manufacturing opium for smoking purposes by preparing opium suitable for smoking purposes from crude gum opium. 38 Stiff. 277. Their counsel moved that judgment he arrested on the verdict for the following reasons: (at That the indictment did not state facts sufficient to con-stituLe an offense; (b) that the statute provides no penalty for its violation ; (c) that the statute is void under the Constitution of the United States.
Section 1 of the statute provides that…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1900
- Ex Parte CainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Young v. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1910
- State v. FacklerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1895
- Stimpson v. PondU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1855
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