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Show No counsel appeared to represent Si echo, and hia intereats were u tarn ta-rn I (ted upon the briefs tiled la hie behalf. NARCOTICS CASE IS HEARD IN MURT WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. The oy. ernment stressed In argument In the supreme court toJy the Importance m the enforcement of the prohibition snd antinarcotie arts of a rullnr by tna highest court that all articles stard veesels entering American porta, Including- those whoa Importation Importa-tion la forbidden, he formally reported to the customs office. The case at Issue reached tha court In an appeal brought by the government govern-ment from an adverse decision In the lower federal courts In proceedings proceed-ings brounht against Wesley L. Slacho, who. In operating & Teasel upon the Tarlflc coast, failed to enter upon his customs manifest or otherwise other-wise state the presence aboard of narcotics. The substance of the nil-In nil-In of the lower court was that the importation of certain drugs having been prohibited, Bischo had violated no law In not reporting that there was opium aboard. The court pointed out that no evidence had been presented pre-sented to ahow that any attempt was mads to amuggle the nareotlo Into this country and the defendant waa not charged with that offense. rm government, through A. A. wheat, special assistant to the solicitor so-licitor general. In Ita argument before the supreme court today, emphasised the Importance from Its viewpoint especially under the recent ruling of the attorney general relative to Intonleating liquor aboard veasels entering en-tering American porta, of a complete report to the customs officials, which would show enforcement officers at a glance whether there was any liquor aboard, either In the ship's stores, or In the possession of any officer, or i member of tha crew. i |