United States v. Sixty-Seven Packages of Dry Goods
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from, the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from, the circuit court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. A libel of information was filed in the district court, by' the collector of the port of New Orleans, on behalf of himself and the United States, for the condemnation and forfeiture of sixty-seven packages of goods, oh account of an alleged fraud upon the revenue, charging, among other things, in the information, that the goods were entered at the custom-house, upon the prQduction of an invoice, in which they were invoiced at a less sum than the actual cost thereof…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
delivered the opinion of.the court.
This is a writ of error to the circuit couH of the United States for the' eastern district of Louisiana.
A libel of information was filed in the district court, by the collector of the port of New Orleans, on behalf of himself and the United States, for the condemnation and forfeiture of sixty-seven packages of goods, on, account of an alleged fraud upon the révenue, charging, among other things, in the information, *91that the goods were entered at the custom-house upon the production of an invoice, in which they were invoiced at a less sum than the actual'…
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