United States v. Nord Deutscher Lloyd

Citations

• 223 U.S. 512
• 32 S. Ct. 244
• 56 L. Ed. 531
• 1912 U.S. LEXIS 2253

Syllabus

<p>The object of § 19 of the Immigration Act of 1907, prohibiting the owners of vessels from making any charge or receiving any security for return passage of aliens brought to this country, was to carry out a policy of preventing the transportation of aliens within the excluded class by rendering it unprofitable instead of profitable for the vessel-owner.</p> <p>While a statute has no extra-territorial force, and one cannot be indicted here for what he does in a foreign country, the making of a contract in a foreign country may, as in this case, create a condition operative in this country, under which acts of omission or commission can be punished here. American Banana Co. v. United Fruit Co., 213 U. S. 347, distinguished..</p> <p>A -vessel-owner taking security in a foreign country for the return •passage of aliens brought to a port of the United States violates § 19 of the 'Immigration Act of 1907, and the retention of the money in the United States for the return passage is an offense at the place where it is retained.</p>