United States v. Four Diamond Rings

This is a motion in arrest of the judgment ordered by this court in its decision rendered orally on November 26, 1915, and holding that the property herein sought to be condemned as contraband under the laws'against smuggling, should be condemned as prayed in the government’s information.

The motion is based on the contention of “former jeopardy.” And it appears that in a criminal proceeding for violation of the Tariff Act of October 3, 1913, against Lee. Tai, movant here and intervenor as claimant and owner of the property condemned (No. 1100 of our criminal docket), the court ordered a…