United States v. One Hundred & Seventeen Packages of Plug Tobacco

CHOATE, District Judge.

In this case, which is a suit by information against 117 boxes of tobacco, the forfeiture of the goods is sought for on the grounds that the stamps on the boxes were old stamps used a second time, and also that the stamps were not can-celled by the government die. The tobacco was manufactured in North Carolina, and consigned for sale to a commission merchant in New York, where it was seized. The jury have found a verdict for the defendant. The trial occupied three days. No exceptions were taken on the trial and the jury were out several hours. The plaintiff now moves…