United States v. Brown

A consignment of Chinese wines put up in bottles and packed in cases was imported in December, 1907, and January, 1908, at the port of New York. After arrival a percentage of the cases was designated and retained for examination by the collector. The rest of the importation was turned over to the importers on their general bond, which provided that the packages delivered to them would be returned unopened to the collector on his order at any time within 10 days after report to him of the appraisal of the retained packages and that the bond should be forfeited'if in the meantime any package…