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52 F.2d 1086

Docket No. 6011.

Sanchez v. United States

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Oct. 27, 1931.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1931-10-27

2 counsel of record

Relies on Curtis v. United States

Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1931-10-27

¶1Julian C. Ryer, of New York City, for appellant.

¶2Chas. L. Redding, U. S. Atty., of Savannah, Ga.

¶3Before BRYAN, HUTCHESON, and WALKER, Circuit Judges.

¶4PER CURIAM.

¶5The 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.

¶6The 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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