In re Chichester
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Texas
At Law. On appeal from the decision of the board of general appraisers. On January 13. 1891, the collector of customs for tbe collection district of Saluria seized'at Eagle Pass, in the state of Texas, certain five car-loads of lead and silver ores, consigned to E. H. Chichester, as forfeited to the United Beatos, by reason of certain alleged attempted false and fraudulent entries of said ores as imported goods.
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At Law. On appeal from the decision of the board of general appraisers. On January 13. 1891, the collector of customs for tbe collection district of Saluria seized'at Eagle Pass, in the state of Texas, certain five car-loads of lead and silver ores, consigned to E. H. Chichester, as forfeited to the United Beatos, by reason of certain alleged attempted false and fraudulent entries of said ores as imported goods. Thereafter, on the 31st of January following, the district attorney for the western district of Texas libeled tlie said ores in the district court for the western district of Texas,…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
The facts of this case show that precisely the same questions were at issue and passed upon by the board of general appraisers as are involved in the suit for forfeiture then and now pending in the district court for this district. In the district court the questions involved, as presented by the libel, are (1) whether the consignee was required to make lire declaration that the said imported goods embraced no mixture of ores or concentrates from different mines; and (2) whether *284ores of different mines can be lawfully commingled by the importer for the purpose of giving the mixture created a…
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