Coffey v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This was an information filed by the attorney of the United States for the District of Kentucky, on behalf of the United States, in the Circuit Court for that District, against 10 barrels of apple brandy, 1 apple mill, 37 tubs, and 2 copper stills, said to be the property of A. G-. Coffey, and. under, seizure, on land, by a deputy collector of internal revenue, as being forfeited to the United…
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. This was an information filed by the attorney of the United States for the District of Kentucky, on behalf of the United States, in the Circuit Court for that District, against 10 barrels of apple brandy, 1 apple mill, 37 tubs, and 2 copper stills, said to be the property of A. G-. Coffey, and. under, seizure, on land, by a deputy collector of internal revenue, as being forfeited to the United States. The first count of the information alleged that Coffey, being engaged in carrying on the business of a distiller,…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatchford
the court. After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued:
The assignment of errors filed in this court asserts these propositions: (1) that .the information is not sufficient in law; (2)-that the Circuit Court had no jurisdiction of the subject-matter of the action, or of the property seized, or of the person of the claimant; (3) that there was no sufficient monition, attachment or seizure of the property, and no legal publication and notice of the seizure, and no valuation of the goods, as required by law; (4) that it was error to submit the case to the jury before the…
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