United States v. Chavez
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF-.TEXAS. The facts, which involve the construction of the joint resolution of March 14, 1912, 37 Stat. 630, relative to shipment of arms and munitions of war to other American countries during times of domestic violence therein and what constitutes an exportation under such resolution, aré stated in the opinion.
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ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF-.TEXAS. The facts, which involve the construction of the joint resolution of March 14, 1912, 37 Stat. 630, relative to shipment of arms and munitions of war to other American countries during times of domestic violence therein and what constitutes an exportation under such resolution, aré stated in the opinion. Any willful act of transporting or shipping contraband articles from any point in the United States with Mexico, as the destination of such transportation or shipment is criminal. Such is the natural meaning…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
By virtue of the act of March 2, 1907, 34 Stat. 1246, c. 2564, this direct writ of error is prosecuted for the purpose of reversing the judgment below because of an alleged erroneous construction given by the court to the joint resolution of March 14, 1912, 37 Stat. 630, in consequence of which the indictment in this case was quashed because stating no offense against the provisions of the joint resolution.
The charging part of the indictment "is as follows.:
“That heretofore, to-wit: on the third day of May, A. D. 1912, in the City and County of El Paso, in the State of Texas, in the Western…
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