United States v. Ah Foo

Citations

• 3 D. Haw. 487

Syllabus

<p>Indictment — Constitutional law: The Sixth Amendment does not require that the accused shall have a detailed statement of the charge against him, but only that he shall be informed of the nature and cause of that charge sufficiently to enable him to prepare his defense, and to plead the judgment in bar of a seeond prosecution for the same offense.</p> <p>Same — Statutory crimes: Where, by charging a statutory offense in the language of the statute the accused is sufficiently apprised of the nature of the accusation against him, it is sufficient that the indictment follows the language of the statute.</p> <p>Same — Importing opium: In an indictment for unlawfully receiving, buying, selling and concealing, and facilitating the purchase, sale, receipt and concealment of smoking opium and opium prepared for smoking, theretofore unlawfully brought into the United States from some foreign country, it is not necessary to set forth the name of the person from whom it is supposed the accused bought or -received the opium, nor to set forth the name of the person to whom he is supposed to have sold it, nor is it necessary to allege the means by which the accused facilitated the purchase, sale, receipt or concealment of such opium.</p>