United States v. Wood
Supreme Court of the United States
ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The defendant was indicted under the revenue collection laws for the crime of perjury, alleged in the indictment to have been committed by him, in swearing to the matters required to be stated in the “owner’s oath, in cases where goods, Wares, or merchandise have been actually purchased,” prescribed by the fourth section of the act supplementary to, and to amend,…
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ON a certificate of division from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. The defendant was indicted under the revenue collection laws for the crime of perjury, alleged in the indictment to have been committed by him, in swearing to the matters required to be stated in the “owner’s oath, in cases where goods, Wares, or merchandise have been actually purchased,” prescribed by the fourth section of the act supplementary to, and to amend, an act entitled “An Act to regulate the Collection of Duties on Imports and Tonnage, passed 2d March, 1799, and for other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
This cause has been sent to this Court, upon a certificate of division of opinion between the judges of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York.
The defendant Was indicted for perjury, in falsely taking and swearing to the “ owners’ oath, in cases where goods ha've been actually purchasedas prescribed by the fourth section of the supplementary collection law of the 1st March, 1823. 3 Story’s Laws, 1883.
The indictment charged the perjury to have been committed on 20th April, 1837, at the customhouse, in New York, on the importation of certain woollen goods, in the ship Sheridan,…
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