United States v. One Thousand Three Hundred & Sixty-Three Bags of Merchandise

SPRAGUE, District Judge.

In this case there has been a verdict for the United States, and the claimants of the property move for a new trial.

The question how far the power of the court extends in granting new trials has been elaborately discussed by the counsel for the United States.

It is admitted that if the verdict rests on wrong instructions, or if, with correct instructions, it rests on a mistake or disregard of the law by the jury, or if it is the result of bias, or mistake of facts,—in short, if the verdict is not the result of the judgment of the jury on the facts in evidence with a…