Legal Opinion

United States v. Castro

District Court, D. Puerto Rico

Decided May 10, 1907No. 373Published

1. The act of Congress of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. at L. 963, chap. 191, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3178), is applicable to Porto Rico. 2. It is a violation of said act to import lottery tickets from Cuba into Porto Rico for the purposes forbidden by the act. 3. In construing penal statutes the courts will endeavor to ascertain and apply the legislative intent.

1Opinion of the Court

Eodey, Judge,

delivered the following opinion:

The defendant is charged with the violation of the act of Congress of March 2, 1895 (28 Stat. at L. 963, chap. 191, U. S. Comp. Stat. 1901, p. 3178), the material portion of which reads as follows:

“That any person who shall cause to he brought within the United States from abroad, for the purpose of disposing of the *48same, or deposited in or carried "by the mails of the United States, or carried from one state to another in the United States, any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to "be ■or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest…

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