United States v. Hayward
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Error to the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a writ of error from the district court of Massachusetts, upon an information in rem against one hundred and forty-nine packages of goods seized upon land for ail alleged illegal importation into the United States. The information contained six counts.
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[Error to the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts.] This was a writ of error from the district court of Massachusetts, upon an information in rem against one hundred and forty-nine packages of goods seized upon land for ail alleged illegal importation into the United States. The information contained six counts. The first alleged, that the goods, being articles the importation whereof into the United States, in any other than neutral vessels, was prohibited by the act entitled ‘•An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States, &c.”…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
Several exceptions have been taken in the argument to the directions of the court. It is contended in behalf of the United States, that • the charge as to the first and third counts is erroneous, (1) because, under the circumstances, it was not incumbent on the United States to prove, that the vessel, in which the goods might have been brought, was not neutral; (2) because it was sufficient to maintain these counts, to prove that the goods were brought from Halifax to Castine.
In order to understand the first of these objections, it is necessary to review the provisions…
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