Roberts v. United States

COLT, Circuit Judge.

This importation consisted of several tierces of pork preserved in brine, which the importer contends should have been admitted free of duty under the following provisions of paragraph 483 of the tariff act of 1897 (Act July 24, 1897, c. 11, § 2, Free List, 30 Stat. 195 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1680]):

“Articles the growth, produce, and manufacture of the United States, when returned after having been exported, without having been advanced in value or improved in condition by any process of manufacture or other means; * ⅛ * but proof of the identity of such, articles shall…