UNITED STATES v. 25 PACKAGES OF HATS

No. 257.

231 U.S. 358 (1913)

UNITED STATES v. TWENTY-FIVE PACKAGES OF PANAMA HATS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 1, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Adkins for the United States.

Mr. Albert H. Washburn for the respondent.


MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

This was a proceeding to forfeit, for fraud of foreign consignors, goods not technically entered at the New York Customs House, but unloaded from the ship and stored in General Order. The libel charges that Castillo & Co. were engaged in buying and selling Panama hats shipped to them by merchants from foreign ports. These consignors, as required by law, (June 10, 1890...

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