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18 U.S.C. § 957

Possession of property in aid of foreign government

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Whoever, in aid of any foreign government, knowingly and willfully possesses or controls any property or papers used or designed or intended for use in violating any penal statute, or any of the rights or obligations of the United States under any treaty or the law of nations, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1963–1994 · leading case: United States v. Richard Clark Johnson, United States v. Martin Quigley, United States v. Christina Leigh Reid
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United States v. Richard Clark Johnson, United States v. Martin Quigley, United States v. Christina Leigh Reid (1992) ca1 · cites it 5× “Count Four charged appellants Johnson and Quigley with the possession and control of property, namely Johnson’s Harwich, Massachusetts laboratory, used and intended for use in the destruction of British military helicopters in aid of the PIRA, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 957…”
Hanoch Tel-Oren v. Libyan Arab Republic (1981) dcd “Moreover, the piracy statutes, found at 18 U.S.C. §§ 1651-1661 , focus on activity on the high seas and in connection therewith.”
United States v. Kevin Joseph McKinley Seamus Moley (1994) ca9 “§ 844 (d)); knowingly and willfully possessing detonators in aid of the Irish Republican Army for use against the United Kingdom ( 18 U.S.C. § 957 ); and receipt of explosives by a felon ( 18 U.”
United States v. Roberts (1963) ared “( 18 U.S.C.A. § 957 .) Obviously, the spent bullet lodged in the ceiling of the house in El Dorado does not fall within any of the categories prescribed by Rule 41.”
Williams v. Blount (1970) dcd · cites it 2× “, District Judge: This is a class action for an injunction restraining the Postmaster General 1 from applying the provisions of 18 U.S.C. §§ 957 , 1461, 1717(a), 2387 (1964) 2 to the May 1967 issue of The *1358 Crusader newsletter.”
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