Stockwell v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[Error to tlie district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] This was an action of debt by the United States to recover certain duties and penalties for the alleged illegal importation of shingles into the port of Bangor, in the district of Maine.
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[Error to tlie district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] This was an action of debt by the United States to recover certain duties and penalties for the alleged illegal importation of shingles into the port of Bangor, in the district of Maine. The suit was brought in the district court, where the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiffs. [Case No. 10,400.] Thereupon, after the judgment, the defendants [David R. Stoekwell and others] excepted, and by writ of error removed the cause to the circuit court. Large quantities of shingles, it was alleged, were imported into…
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Circuit Justice.
Brought here as the record is by writ of error to the district court to revise certain rulings of that court, and the judgment in the ease, it will only be necessary to refer to such portions of the pleadings and evidence as are material to the questions presented for re-examination in the bill of exceptions. Goods brought from any foreign port or place are forbidden to be unladen and delivered before the duties are paid or secured to be paid, and the further provision is that persons who receive, conceal, or buy any goods knowing them to have been illegally…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Sandford v. NicholsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- McFarland v. CraryNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Hawkins v. ApplebyThe Superior Court of New York City · 1849
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