United States v. Sischo

This is a suit brought by the United States to recover a penalty of $6,400 from the defendant for bringing into this country one hundred five-tael tins of opium prepared for smoking purposes without including the same in the ship’s manifest. The defendant was master of the vessel in which the opium was imported and was charged by the Collector of Customs with a liability for the above sum, that being the price paid by the defendant for the goods. By Rev. Stats. § 2809, “ If any merchandise is brought into the United States in any vessel whatever from any foreign port . . . which shall not be…