United States v. Van Slyke
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin
This action was brought to recover the sum of twenty-two thousand and five hundred dollars, alleged to be due the government from the defendant [N. B. Yan Slyko] for taxes upon illicit spirits manufactured at the Middleton distillery, near Madison, Wis., between September 3, 1873, and April 24, 1874. The complaint alleges that the defendant was the owner and proprietor of the distillery and distillery premises at the time of the manufacture of the spirits, and interested in…
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This action was brought to recover the sum of twenty-two thousand and five hundred dollars, alleged to be due the government from the defendant [N. B. Yan Slyko] for taxes upon illicit spirits manufactured at the Middleton distillery, near Madison, Wis., between September 3, 1873, and April 24, 1874. The complaint alleges that the defendant was the owner and proprietor of the distillery and distillery premises at the time of the manufacture of the spirits, and interested in the profits of such manufacture with one Alexander L. Rogers and Charles H. Bunker, who had the immediate control and…
1Opinion of the CourtBunn, District Judge
(charging jury). The law makes every proprietor or possessor of. and every person in any manner interested in the use of any still, distillery or distilling apparatus, liable for the taxes imposed by law on the distilled spirits produced therefrom. The government, who is the plaintiff in the case, alleges that the defendant, during the time in question, was the owner and proprietor of the still and had an interest as partner, or otherwise, in its use. The defendant admits, and the evidence shows, that he was the owner of the premises on which the distillery was situated, but he denies that he…
2Cited by1 opinion
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