United States v. Lot of Jewelry

HUNT, Circuit Justice.

This is a writ of error to the district court for the Southern district of New York. The information alleges, that, on the 8th.of August, 1874, the collector of the port of New York seized a package of diamonds addressed to Leon Labbe, and imported by the steamship City of Merida, as forfeited to the United States, for the reason that they were unladen from the ship within that district, without a permit from the collector. A monition was served upon Labbe as the claimant of the goods. Labbe intervened through Jules Saz-erac, as his agent, who averred that Labbe was the…