581 Diamonds v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. On the 6th of July, 1899, the district attorney of the United States for the Eastern district of Michigan, filed an information seeking to. condemn 581 diamonds, alleged to have been forfeited. The record discloses that these goods were seized when about to be unlawfully imported and smuggled into the United States on June 28, 1899, at Detroit, Mich., by one Louis Bush.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. On the 6th of July, 1899, the district attorney of the United States for the Eastern district of Michigan, filed an information seeking to. condemn 581 diamonds, alleged to have been forfeited. The record discloses that these goods were seized when about to be unlawfully imported and smuggled into the United States on June 28, 1899, at Detroit, Mich., by one Louis Bush. Proceedings were duly had resulting in a judgment of forfeiture, which, so far as Bush is concerned, is not now contested. On the 22d of…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, Circuit Judge
As between the government and Bush there can be no question that the right to forfeit the goods seized has been fully and clearly made out. Bush was caught with the diamonds concealed in his shoes. He denied all knowledge of how he came to be thus possessed of the gems when entering the port of Detroit. On his way to the prison he practically confessed his offense in saying to the officer: “Now, if you have got all that you are looking for, let me go.” The only question of importance in the case is as to the sufficiency of the amended answer of Van Antwerpen & Van Den Bosch to require the…
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