United States v. Burnham
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
This was a writ of error from a judgment of the district court of Massachusetts, rendered upon an infoimation in rem, against certain goods and merchandise seized on land, by the collector of the district of Boston and Charlestown, at Boston, in said district, for an alleged breach of law.
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This was a writ of error from a judgment of the district court of Massachusetts, rendered upon an infoimation in rem, against certain goods and merchandise seized on land, by the collector of the district of Boston and Charlestown, at Boston, in said district, for an alleged breach of law. The information charged in substance, that the goods and merchandise being of foreign growth, produce. and manufacture, and liable to the payment of duties on importation, were imported and brought into the United States, in some ship or vessel unknown, from some foreign port or place unknown, and “were…
1Opinion of the Court
THE COURT
here making some remarks upon the pleadings, observed to Mr. Townsend that such were their defects, that even should the point of law raised in the bill of exceptions, be decided in favor of the defendant, still the court would be obliged to give judgment against the party who committed the first fault, and in that case it would be in favor of the United States; for notwithstanding the faults of the information, it certainly contained sufficient matter to warrant a judgment, and that the plea of the defendant was insufficient, the issues immaterial, and the verdict of the jury did…
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