U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1931

Sanchez v. United States

Sanchez v. United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided October 27, 1931
52 F.2d 1086; 1931 U.S. App. LEXIS 3826 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Sanchez v. United States

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Sanchez, was convicted and sentenced for smuggling, as charged in the second count of the indictment, and for fraudulently and knowingly receiving after importation, as charged in the sixth count, •continuously over a period of more than a year, 20,000 quarts of intoxicating liquors, with intent to defraud the United States of its customs revenue. Error is assigned on an order overruling a demurrer to each count, on the ground of indefiniteness and of insufficiency in law.

The same form of indictment was held bad on demurrer by this court in Curtis v. United States, 38 F.(2d) 450. Upon the authority of that case, the judgment is reversed.

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