Joseph B. Cooper & Son, Inc. v. United States

McCORD, Circuit Judge.

This is-a-libel-proceeding.for forfeiture of certain property of appellant, consisting of platinum wedding and engagement rings weighing 84.80 ounces, which was seized as about to be unlawfully exported from the United States, in violation of Section 6 of the Act of July 2, 1940, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 70-1; 22 U.S.C.A. § 401 et seq.

The question presented, is whether the trial court properly found that the shipment of rings constituted an' attempt to evade a statutory prohibition against the unlicensed export of platinum metal then in effect, so as to make the…