United States v. One Purple Cloth Costume
District Court, S.D. New York
On Information for Forfeiture of Imported Goods. Motion to set aside verdict and for new trial. On June 30, 1907, the claimant in this case, a dressmaker, entered the United States after a trip abroad.
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On Information for Forfeiture of Imported Goods. Motion to set aside verdict and for new trial. On June 30, 1907, the claimant in this case, a dressmaker, entered the United States after a trip abroad. Before leaving the steamer she made the usual baggage declaration and entry, omitting, however, any mention of certain model gowns of foreign origin which she had in her possession, and which were valued at more than $100; and, in addition, she denied the possession of such goods, both orally and in the declaration. After they had been discovered in her baggage, they were found to have domestic…
1Opinion of the Court
HOUGH, District Judge.
I cannot agree, as argued by claimant’s attorney, that the sections of the Revised Statutes regarding’ the entry of passengers’ baggage have no' application owing to the fact that another entry was subsequently made; nor do the cases cited from our Circuit Court of Appeals bear out such doctrine.
In this case there was a confessedly fraudulent entry, or endeavor to make entry, of the seized goods. Suspicion prevented the success of this scheme, and sent the goods to public stores.
The only question that could be here raised is whether occurrences subsequent to the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. Six Packages of GoodsSupreme Court of the United States · 1821
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- United States v. One TrunkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1909