Buckley v. United States
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 •Pennsylvania. On the 16th of August,' 1839, Patrick Brady, a resident of the city of Philadelphia, presented -to the custom-house in that city an entry' of certain goods which had arrived from Liverpool, in the ship Franklin.
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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 •Pennsylvania. On the 16th of August,' 1839, Patrick Brady, a resident of the city of Philadelphia, presented -to the custom-house in that city an entry' of certain goods which had arrived from Liverpool, in the ship Franklin. Accompanying the entry was the oath of James Buckley, the present claimant, taken at Liverpool, on the. 8th of - . June, 1839. It was what is called the manufacturer’s oath, as contra-distinguished from the purchasér’s oath, and stated the value, the.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
Nine exceptions were taken, upon the trial of this cause, to the admissibility of the testimony which was offered on the part of the United States.
The first, second, third, fourth, and fifth are objections to the introduction of the appraisements which were made of the goods entered by the claimant, to the introduction of the persons who made them, to the affidavits of-Ross and Lewis, the appraisers updn the claimant’s appeal from the official valuation, and to the admissibility of an experienced judge and importer of goods, who was put upon the stand, to prove the value of the goods in the…
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