United States v. Nineteen Bales & Sixteen Bundles of Rugs
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Libel by the United States against Nineteen Bales and Sixteen Bundles of Rugs. Claim by the Beloochistan Rug Weaving Company. On motion for release of merchandise upon the pleadings.
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.
The United States brought this action to forfeit certain rugs for fraudulent entry. The rugs were consigned by one Mailer, in India, to the Beloochistan Rug Weaving Company, the claimant. The first group of rugs, 1 and 2, are sought to be forfeited for an attempted fraudulent entry by consignor and consignee, and the second group of rugs, 3 to 6, for an attempted fraudulent entry by the consignor.
There are two defenses: First. That Judge Mantón, in a summary proceeding had before him, has already decided that there was no such *381fraud in either case. Second.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama HatsSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Dorsheimer v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- United States v. Twenty-Five Packages of Panama HatsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1912
- United States v. One Case, No. 1,577Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1916