Newman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Joseph Newman was convicted of violating Rev. St. § 2865 (Comp. St. § 5548), and brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
MAYER, Circuit Judge.
The single question requiring consideration is whether the facts in this case fall within Keck v. United States. 172 U. S. 434, 19 Sup. Ct. 254, 43 L. Ed. 505. In the Keck Case, supra, Keck, one Von H'emmebrick and Loesewitz, the captain of the steamer Rynland, arranged in Antwerp, Belgium, that Loesewitz, on Keck’s behalf, should bring a package belonging to Keck into the United States. As the Rynland approached its mooring in Philadelphia, Pa., a special agent of the Treasury Department boarded her. After a conversation between the special agent and Loesewitz, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Keck v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. 218½ Carats Loose EmeraldsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1907
- Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1910
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