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United States

Circuit Court of Appeals

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

    1. Lung,

Plaintiff in Error^

vs.

United States of America,

Defendant in Error.

BRIEF OF DEFENDANT IN ERROR.

STATEMENT.

Plaintiff in error, C. W. Lung, appeals from a convic-

tion for violation of Section 37, Penal Code of 1910,

that is, a conspiracy to smuggle Chinese laborers into

the United States. The Government's testimony con-

sists in that of two co-conspirators or accomplices, viz.,

Mendoza and Noel, corroborated, as we contend, in

many important particulars by the witnesses, viz., Myers

Tr. p. 124; Walling Tr. p. 125; Escallier Tr. p.

126; Burgess Tr. p. 127; Barnard Tr. p. 128;

Jones Tr. p. 129 ; and Gillman Tr. p. 130 ; and, as

we contend, by the testimony of Lung himself Tr. p.


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