United States v. 646 Half-Boxes of Figs
District Court, E.D. New York
In Rem. On demurrer to information for forfeiture. Among the statutory provisions involved herein is the following portion of Customs Administrative Act June 10, 1890, c. 407, '§ 3, 26 Stat. 131 (U. S. Comp.
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In Rem. On demurrer to information for forfeiture. Among the statutory provisions involved herein is the following portion of Customs Administrative Act June 10, 1890, c. 407, '§ 3, 26 Stat. 131 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1887) : “Sec. 3. That all such invoices shall, at or before the shipment of the merchandise, be produced to the consul * * * of the United States of the consular district in which the merchandise was manufactured, as the case may be, for export to the United States, and shall have indorsed thereon, when so produced, a declaration signed by the purchaser, manufacturer, owner…
1Opinion of the Court
CHATFIEUD, District Judge.
The government, has proceeded against two separate importations, and has based its right to forfeiture upon three alleged grounds in each case. These grounds are alike in the two cases, with the exception that in the information against Eighty-Two Half Boxes of Cheese, the second alleged cause of forfeiture recites that the acts are claimed to be in violation of the provisions of section 28G5 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1905), in addition to a number of other sections.
As to the first cause of forfeiture, the question has already been disposed of…
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