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UNITED STATES v. 21 POUNDS, 8 OUNCES, OF PLATINUM

No. 5265.

147 F.2d 78 (1945)

UNITED STATES et al. v. 21 POUNDS, 8 OUNCES, OF PLATINUM.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

January 3, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan B. Lutz, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Francis M. Shea, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Frank Staley, of Washington, D. C., and Bernard J. Flynn, of Baltimore, Md., on the brief), for appellants.

William Curran, of Baltimore, Md., for appellee.

Before PARKER and SOPER, Circuit Judges, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This suit concerns the validity of a seizure by the Collector of Customs of Baltimore, Maryland, of 21 lbs. 8 oz. more or less of platinum which certain persons had conspired and attempted to export unlawfully from the United States to Spain. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who had been informed of the conspiracy seized the platinum on board a ship in the Baltimore harbor on October 6, 1942 and retained it as evidence of violation...

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