Legal Opinion

United States v. Ah Foo

District Court, D. Hawaii

Decided March 12, 1910Published

Criminal Law: Demurrer to indictment. Indictment under act of Congress of February 9, 1909. (35 Stat. L. 614.)

1Opinion of the CourtRobertson, J.

The indictment in this case contains five counts. The defendant demurred to the indictment and to each of the several counts, but his counsel has abandoned all points save the grounds of demurrer to the fifth count.

The fifth count charges that the defendant “on, to wit, the twentieth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, in the district aforesaid and within the jurisdiction of this court, did then and there unlawfully, feloniously, fraudulently and knowingly, receive, buy, sell, and conceal, and facilitate the purchase, sale, receipt, and concealment of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  2. Ledbetter v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. United States v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1878
  4. Peters v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1899
  5. Nelson v. United StatesUnited States Circuit Court · 1887

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