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UNITED STATES v. LI FAT TONG

No. 119.

152 F.2d 650 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. LI FAT TONG.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 28, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul O'Dwyer, of New York City, for appellant.

T. Vincent Quinn, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Vine H. Smith, Hyman H. Goldstein, and Mario Pittoni, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for appellee.

Before L. HAND, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

On July 9, 1944, the defendant, Li Fat Tong, was arrested by a United States Narcotic Agent named Ryan and his baggage searched at La Guardia Air Field in the Borough of Queens. As a result his bags were found to contain 20 tins of smoking opium and a bottle containing Yen Shee wine, a derivative of opium. No search warrant had been issued. The defendant was indicted in October, 1944, for...

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