Snyder v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. . This was an information in several counts under section 3312 of the Revised Statutes, for the forfeiture of the tobacco, machinery, tools and materials in a tobacco manufactory, for violations of the internal revenue laws. The property ivas released upon the claimant’s giving a bond to abide the final decree.
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IN ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. . This was an information in several counts under section 3312 of the Revised Statutes, for the forfeiture of the tobacco, machinery, tools and materials in a tobacco manufactory, for violations of the internal revenue laws. The property ivas released upon the claimant’s giving a bond to abide the final decree. The claimant demurred to the information as not setting forth any facts warranting the seizure or forfeiture of the property. The demurrer was overruled, the claimant filed an answer, and upon a trial a…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
He stated the facts in the foregoing language, and continued:
Informations under the revenue laivs for the forfeiture of goods, seeking no judgment of fine or imprisonment against any person, are not strictly criminal cases, in which the decisions of the Circuit Court are final, unless a division of opinion is certified ; but they are civil actions, of which this court has jurisdiction in error, without regatd to the sum or value in dispute. Rev. Stat. § 699; Pettigrew v. United States, 97 U. S. 385. Yet, as has been expressly adjudged, they are so far in the nature of criminal proceedings, as…
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