Feathers of Wild Birds v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Uibel by the United States against nine cartons and eight cartons of Feathers of Wild Birds; Rene Arbib, claimant. Decree for libel-ant, and claimant appeals. Libel filed for forfeiture of certain cartons containing feathers of birds of paradise and ghoura pigeons.
1Opinion of the Court
MANTON, Circuit Judge.
After seizure of two lots of feathers of foreign birds, a libel of information for the forfeiture of them was filed by the government under section 3082, United States Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 5785), and. Schedule N, par. 347, and paragraph T of section 3 of the Tariff Act of October 3, 1913, c. 16 (Comp. St. § 5791). The libel consists of two counts. The first count charges that the merchandise in question, which had been seized, was prohibited to be imported by paragraph 347 of the Tariff Act of October 3, 1913, and that it was so imported knowingly and…
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