Morrison

The defendants were jointly accused by indictment of the crime of conspiring to violate the Alien Land Law of this state. (Stats. 1921, p. lxxxiii; Stats. 1923, p. 1020; Stats. 1927, p. 881.) The indictment charged that the defendant Ozaki was and is an alien ineligible to citizenship under the laws of the United States; that he was a citizen and subject of the empire of Japan; and that he was not and is not authorized by law or by any treaty between the United States and the empire of Japan or any other country to acquire, possess, enjoy, use, cultivate or occupy any real property or to have the beneficial use of, or any interest in, any real property in this state for agricultural purposes. It also charged that the defendants conspired to violate the provisions of the Alien Land Law in that they wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously combined, conspired and agreed by unlawful means and devices to bring about and accomplish the possession, enjoyment, use, cultivation and occupancy for agricultural purposes, by the defendant Ozaki, of certain land described, which is situated in the county of San Diego. It was further charged that this land was and is agricultural land and that, in…