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UNITED STATES v. TWO OBSCENE BOOKS

No. 25449.

92 F.Supp. 934 (1950)

UNITED STATES v. TWO OBSCENE BOOKS.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

August 24, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Olshausen, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant Ernest J. Besig.

Frank J. Hennessy, United States Attorney, and Reynold H. Colvin, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, Cal., for United States of America.

GOODMAN, District Judge.

On June 24, 1949, the United States filed a libel of information herein charging that the two obscene books named as respondents, were imported into the United States in violation of Section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C.A. § 1305, and praying for their forfeiture and destruction.

One Ernest J. Besig appeared as claimant, filed an answer to the libel and alleged that the respondent two books were not subject to seizure...

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