Shimi Miho v. United States

Hikoroku Ogo and Shimi Miho were jointly indicted for conspiracy to violate the immigration laws of the United States.. Both were eonvicted, and Shimi Miho alone appeals.

It appears from the evidence that Hikoroku Ogo, a Japanese alien, a citizen and subject of the empire of Japan, entered this country unlawfully on February 24, 1920, at Ban Francisco, having arrived on *492 the ship Eastern Belle, as a member of her crew. He desired to visit Japan and to return to the United States. He had no passport and visited Shimi Miho at his hotel in San Francisco to secure his assistance in procuring a re-entrance permit for which he agreed to pay Miho $200, $100 being paid forthwith on October 23, 1930, the balance to be paid at the time of the issuance of the re-entry permit. A blank application for such permit was procured, filled out by Miho, and sworn .to by Ogo before a notary public. This application falsely stated that the applicant had arrived at San Francisco on June 5, 1906, on the steamship Alameda, and that he was admitted into the United States under the name of Yasukichi Yokota. It appears from the evidence that the name of Yasukichi Yokoda was enrolled as a passenger on…