Caldwell v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case was this.
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This case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The case was this. In August, 1839, the attorney of the United States filed an information in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against thirty-five remnants of pieces of cloths and cassimere, that had'been seized at th"' store of James Lynd, Jr. & Co. The information contained thirteen counts. 1. Charged, That the goods were brought from a foreign port' into some port or place in the United States, to the attorney of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Wayne
We shall direct the reversal of the judgment of the Circuit Court in this case, on account of three erroneous instructions which were given to the jury. The prayers upon which those instructions were given are the fifth, sixth, and seventh.
They involve the question, as-to the time when the right of forfeiture attaches upon the entry of goods invoiced at less than their value at the place of exportation, under a statute which declares in such a case, that either the goods, or the value of them, shall be forfeited.
The instructions were' given by the learned judge in the court below, upon the…
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