United States v. 1,150½ Pounds of Celluloid
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This is a proceeding for the forfeiture, under section 9 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, of 1,150% pounds of celluloid, on the ground that it was smuggled into the United States by moans of a false and fraudulent invoice.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Michigan. This is a proceeding for the forfeiture, under section 9 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, of 1,150% pounds of celluloid, on the ground that it was smuggled into the United States by moans of a false and fraudulent invoice. The claimant and owner of the celluloid, which lias been seized as forfeited, is the Water Lily Kollar & Kuff Company, a corporation of the state of Michigan, doing business in Detroit, Mich. The claimant, hy answer, denied all complicity in, or knowledge of, the…
1Opinion of the Court
LU1ÍTON, Circuit Judge;
(after makiug the foregoing statement of facts), delivered the opinion of: the court.
The facts found by the district court make a case where it is sought to forfeit the goods of an owner as a result of the wrongful conduct of one Elliott, a mere trespasser, who removed the celluloid from its lawful place of storage in another country, with the purpose and intent of defrauding the revenue laws of this country by smuggling them into the United States, to the end that he might himself profit by appropriating the lawful duties thereon when thereafter directed by the owner…
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