United States v. Nineteen Bales of Tobacco

Citations

• 112 F. 779
• 1898 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2

Syllabus

<p>I. Customs—Administrative Act—-Forfeiture.</p> <p>Under section 9 of the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, providing for a forfeiture of goods entered by means of a false or fraudulent invoice, held: that an untruthful description of the goods in the invoice was sufficient to work a forfeiture of the goods, without reference to any fraud of tho party making the entry or proof of any fraudulent intent on his part.</p> <p>8. Same-Fai.se Invoice, What Constitutes.</p> <p>An invoieo describing certain imported tobacco as “bought as fillers and to be sold as fillers,” when the proof showed that the tobacco consisted in fact of “wrappers,” is a false inv ice within the meaning of section 9, warranting forfeiture, though the jury found the consignee and his agent who made the entry to be innocent of fraud, the circumstances indicating a presumptive intent on the part of the shipper in ' Mexico to avoid the payment of the full duty on wrappers.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>