v0803-661

No. 2248

IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeals

For the Ninth Circuit

ROBERT DONALDSON,

Plaintiff in Error,

vs.

THE UNITED STATES OP AMERICA,

Defendant in Error.

BKIEF FOR PLAINTIFF IN ERROR.

Statement of the Case.

This case comes before this Honorable Court on

writ of error under circumstances as follows:

On September 20, 1912, the Grand Jury presented

and filed an indictment in four counts in the United

States District Court in and for the Northern Dis-

trict of California. The first and third counts there-

of charged plaintiff in error, Robert Donaldson, and

one Henry Gallagher with conspiracy, as well as

with actual participation, in unlawfully importing

and bringing certain opium into the Unted States at

the Port of San Francisco. The second and fourth

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