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KECK v. UNITED STATES

No. 15.

172 U.S. 434 (1899)

19 S.Ct. 254

43 L.Ed. 505

KECK, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis B. James for plaintiff in error. Mr. Rankin Dilworth Jones was on his brief.

Mr. James M. Beck for defendants in error. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt was on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff in error was prosecuted under an indictment consisting of three counts. The first was intended to charge a violation of section 3082 of the Revised Statutes, by the alleged unlawful importation into the port of Philadelphia of certain diamonds. The second averred a violation of section 2865 of the Revised Statutes, by the smuggling and clandestine introduction, on the like date, and into the same...

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