United States v. Simons
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Upon petition of John Bi’akeman and John B. Stadler for the informer’s share of a fine of $2,000 imposed uj)on Simons and Burnstine. So far as Brakeman is concerned, the facts were that during the fall of 1880 he was employed hy General Spaulding, special agent of the treasury department, to ferret out certain supposed rag-smuggling operations along St. Clair river.
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Upon petition of John Bi’akeman and John B. Stadler for the informer’s share of a fine of $2,000 imposed uj)on Simons and Burnstine. So far as Brakeman is concerned, the facts were that during the fall of 1880 he was employed hy General Spaulding, special agent of the treasury department, to ferret out certain supposed rag-smuggling operations along St. Clair river. In the progress of his researches he discovered, from an examination of the books of the railway at St. Clair, and from statements made by the agents of the road, that Morris Brown, Samuel Lewis, and one Fink were smuggling rags…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, D. J.
Section 4 of the act of June 22, 1874, (18 St. at Large, 188,) provides :
“ That whenever any person not an officer of the United States shall furnish to a district attorney, or to any chief officer of the customs, original information concerning any fraud upon the customs revenue, perpetrated or contemplated, which shall lead to the recovery of any duties withheld, or of any Une, penalty, or forfeiture incurred, whether by importers or their agents, or by any officer or person employed in the customs service, such compensation may, upon such recovery, be paid to such person so…
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