In re Ghazal
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of thé United States for the Eastern District of New York. . In the matter of Selim Elias Ghazal, bankrupt.
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Petition for Revision of Proceedings of the District Court of thé United States for the Eastern District of New York. . In the matter of Selim Elias Ghazal, bankrupt. On petition of the bankrupt to review an order of the District Court for the Eastern Disr trict of New York, denying his application for an order directing the trustee in bankruptcy to pay to him $428.93, paid to the trustee by the collector of the port of New York for information given by the bankrupt concerning smugglers.
1Opinion of the Court
LACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
The sum in question was awarded to Ghazal by the Treasury Department on. May 6, 1908, as a reward for information given by him against smugglers, which information resulted in the discovery and confiscation by the United States government of certain smuggled property. The award was made under authority of Act June 22, 1874, c. 391, § 4, 18 Stat. 186 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 2019), which provides:
“That whenever any officer of the customs or other person shall detect and seize goods, wares, or merchandise, in the act of being smuggled, or which have been smuggled, he…
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