United States v. Sixteen Barrels of Distilled Spirits
District Court, S.D. New York
[This was an information of forfeiture against sixteen barrels of distilled spirits, seized at No. 340 Delancey street, New York City. Heard on a motion for a new trial.]
1Opinion of the Court
CHOATE, District Judge.
This is a motion for a new trial after verdict for the plaintiffs. The information was under Rev. St; | 3453. It charges that the 16 barrels of distilled spirits seized were articles upon which taxes were imposed, and were found in the place mentioned, in the possession of persons unknown, for the purpose of being sold and removed in fraud of the internal revenue laws, and with design to avoid payment of taxes thereon. It claims the forfeiture of said spirits and a large number of other articles of personal property found in the same place. A claim was interposed for…
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