Hawaiian Government v. Brown

Decision of

Judd, C.J.

The bill in substance alleges that the defendant Brown has since May, 1882, imported quantities of spirituous liquors, and has also withdrawn from the Custom House liquors imported by others, upon which he has not paid the legal duties, and that the same are now due from him: that the liquors so imported and withdrawn are set forth in four exhibits annexed to the bill, but asks leave to produce the original books and records of the Custom House in proof that the defendant Brown secured the withdrawal of these liquors from the Customs without payment of duties, by the…