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United States v. A. Graf Distilling Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 27, 1908No. 24PublishedCited by 20 opinions

PERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This case comes here on a certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for the Eighth Circuit.

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PERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. This case comes here on a certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for the Eighth Circuit. The proceeding was commenced in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri, January 4, 1905, by the United States District Attorney for that district, who filed therein an amended information, praying for a decree of forfeiture, condemnation and sale of three barrels of whiskey, which had theretofore been seized by the collector of internal revenue and were still in his possession…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Peckham

Other phases of this controversy have appeared in the courts below and are reported sub nomine United States v. Three Packages of Distilled Spirits, in 125 Fed. Rep. 52, and 129 Fed. Rep. 329. After the reversal of the judgment of forfeiture and the'granting of a new trial by the Circuit Court of Appeals, as disclosed by those reports, the information., was amended by making the allegations contained in- the foregoing statement, and the original averment as to placing other distilled spirits of a different quality in the barrels, after being stamped is not before us.

We are here called upon to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. StowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. United States v. UlriciU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Missouri · 1875

3Cited by20 opinions

  1. United States v. KushnerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
  2. United States v. Yee Ngee HowDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1952
  3. United States v. One Saxon AutomobileCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1919
  4. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. v. BowersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
  5. The VincesDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1927

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