Sierra v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico; Hamilton, Judge. Libel of information by the United States of America against seventeen pieces of jewelry, claimed by Francisco Sierra. A demurrer to a paragraph of the answer was sustained, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BINGHAM, Circuit Judge.
This was a libel of information brought by the United States Attorney for Porto Rico, in the District Court for *38that district, against 17 pieces of jewelry described in the libel, and under seizure by the collector of customs for that district, as being forfeited to the United States. The "grounds or causes" of forfeiture set out in the libel are as follows: ...
“That on or about, to wit, the twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, the said goods, wares, and merchandise were, by one Francisco Sierra, late of the…
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