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UNITED STATES v. BUTT

No. 275.

254 U.S. 38 (1920)

41 S.Ct. 37

65 L.Ed. 119

UNITED STATES v. BUTT, ALIAS WONG SING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Stewart and Mr. H.S. Ridgely for the United States:

No brief filed for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

Error to review a judgment of the District Court quashing an indictment against defendant in error, Butt, which charged him with feloniously bringing four Chinese aliens into the United States, in violation of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, c. 29, 39 Stat. 874, 880.

The legality of the ruling depends upon the coexistence of that act with the Chinese...

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