McKesson & Robbins (Inc.) v. United States

An importation, invoiced as 50 cases of opium, arrived May 9, 1920. May 15,1920, it was transferred to public store as unpermitted opium.

The appraiser’s report to the collector shows case No. 40 ‘ ‘Empty, in bad order, not corded and sealed, evidence of robbery, gross weight twenty-nine pounds.”

The report of the discharging inspector, under date of August 17, 192Í, is as follows:

* * * As discharging inspectors of the S/S Blair, from Constantinople, arrival of May 9, 1920, we have to report regarding reference #1559 covering one case marked W T 40 One Case Opium, unpermitted. The same was…