United States v. Fourteen Packages of Whisky
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Alabama. ' This was an information claiming forfeiture of 14 packages of whisky, ■ under Rev..St. § 3289. J. B. Lanier filed a claim to the whisky, and a trial was had in the district court, resulting in a verdict for the claimant. The government brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
TOULMIN, District Judge.
This is an information and an amended information under section 3289 of the Revised Statutes. The information charges that 14 packages of whisky, seized by the United States internal revenue officer on a claim of forfeiture, did not have on them the proper marks and brands required by the revenue laws of the United States, and that said packages did not have thereon each mark and brand required by Jaw, in that they did not have the marks and brands showing truly the proof of the spirits in said packages, and showing truly the number of wine gallons in each package. One…
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