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UNITED STATES v. SISCHO

No. 76.

262 U.S. 165 (1923)

UNITED STATES v. SISCHO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. John M. Woolsey, with whom Mr. Cletus Keating and Mr. Harry D. Thirkield were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by the United States to recover a penalty of $6,400 from the defendant for bringing into this country one hundred five-tael tins of opium prepared for smoking purposes without including the same in the ship's manifest. The defendant was master of the vessel in which the opium was imported and was charged by the Collector of Customs with a liability for the above sum, that being the price...

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