United States v. One Package

MOSCOWITZ, District Judge.

The United States of America, as libel-ant, seeks a decree directing the forfeiture, confiscation, and destruction of a package containing rubber pessaries for the prevention of conception alleged to have been imported into the United States from a foreign country in violation of section 305 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.A. § 1305).

The claimant, Dr. Hannah M. Stone, a duly licensed physician, specializing in gynecology, imported the libeled articles for experimental purposes to determine their reliability and usefulness as contraceptives to cure or prevent…