LANDAU v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DIST.

No. 183.

82 F.2d 285 (1936)

LANDAU v. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY FOR SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

February 10, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis A. Schenfield, of New York City (David P. Siegel, A. I. Eibel, and Samuel Hassen, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

Lamar Hardy, U. S. Atty., of New York City (Joseph P. Martin, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Richard J. Burke, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee.

Before MANTON, AUGUSTUS N. HAND, and CHASE, Circuit Judges.


MANTON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, a citizen of the United States, returned from abroad June 25, 1935, and when he disembarked his baggage, consisting of a trunk and a brief case, were searched by the customs agents. The agents had confidential information that he was involved in an attempt to smuggle in Swiss watch movements. The trunk was examined and found to contain a false compartment constructed for the purpose of concealing smuggled goods. Thereupon, the appellant...

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