United States v. Spiegel

Citations

• 116 U.S. 270
• 6 S. Ct. 587
• 29 L. Ed. 664
• 1886 U.S. LEXIS 1761

Syllabus

<p>It is no offence against § 12 of the internal revenue act of March 1, 1879, to have in one’s possession a cancelled stamp, or a stamp which has been used, or which purports to have been used upon any cask or package of imported liquors, unless, the same was removed from the cask or package by some - person intentionally, without being defaced or destroyed at the time of the removal.</p> <p>The difference between § 12 of the act of March 1,1879,20 Stat. 342, and Rev. Stat. § 3324, shown.</p>