United States v. Ten Thousand Cigars
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maine.]
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIS, Circuit Justice.
This libel of information was filed in the district court, founded on a seizure, made by the collector of the customs for the port of Portland, of a quantity of cigars, alleged to be forfeited for a violation of the 24th section of the collection act of 1799 (1 Stat. 646). The district court having decreed a forfeiture, the claimant appealed. The evidence satisfactorily shows that these cigars were put on board in Cuba, with the expectation that the master would smuggle them, and deliver them to one Davis, at Portland, the port of destination of the vessel; that they…
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