United States v. Mooney
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court to récover of the defendant $20,000, the value of certain merchandise imported by him, which it was alleged he had forfeited to the United States, because he had knowingly, and with intent to defraud the revenue, made an entry of the same by means of false and fraudulent invoices.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS. This was an action at law, brought in the Circuit Court to récover of the defendant $20,000, the value of certain merchandise imported by him, which it was alleged he had forfeited to the United States, because he had knowingly, and with intent to defraud the revenue, made an entry of the same by means of false and fraudulent invoices. The defendant moved the court to dismiss the suit for want Of jurisdiction to entertain it. The court sustained the motion, and the plaintiffs brought this writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woods
delivered the-opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language above reported, he continued:
The ninth section of the Judiciary Act of September .24, 1789, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 76, provided as follows: “The District Courts ■ shall, have exclusive original cognizance ” “ of .all suits for penalties and -forfeitures incurred under the laws of the United States?’ Since the passage of that act several statutes have been enacted giving the Circuit Courts jurisdiction of suits for penalties and forfeitures, Rev. Stat. § 629, subdivisions • 4, 5, '7,15, but it is ’conceded by the counsel for…
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