United States v. Fifty Barrels of Whisky
District Court, D. Maryland
Libel by the United States for condemnation of alleged whisky for misbranding. On exception to libel, and charge to jury. This was a libel filed by the United States seeking the condemnation of 50 barrels, more or less, of alleged whisky.
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Libel by the United States for condemnation of alleged whisky for misbranding. On exception to libel, and charge to jury. This was a libel filed by the United States seeking the condemnation of 50 barrels, more or less, of alleged whisky. The libel charged that the product had been distilled at New Orleans, La., out of molasses, and had been there branded “Bourbon 'Whisky”; that, such branding was a misbranding, in that whisky was a distillate of grain, Bourbon whisky a distillate of fermented mash of a mixture of grains — of which mixture corn constituted the larger part — and that to…
1Opinion of the CourtMorris, District Judge
(overruling this exception, and sustaining the sufficiency of the libel). In this case, which is a libel for the seizure and forfeiture of 50 barrels of distilled spirits alleged to be misbranded contrary to Ihe provisions of the act of Congress of June 30, 1906, the libel does not allege that there had been any preliminarj*examination _ such as is provided for by section 4 of the act. The claimant has'excepted to the libel upon the ground that the court has no jurisdiction unless such a preliminary examination has preceded the seizure. It is urged that tlie harshness of the proceeding in…
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