Excerpt from Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of the United States for the Eighth Judicial Circuit, Vol. 4 Hon. Henry C. Caldwell, Eastern District of Arkansas. Hon. Isaac c. Parker, Western District of Arkansas. Hon. Moses District of Colorado. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1895 edition. Excerpt: ...above their cost or value: for the declaration says, it was "with intent to evade," &c. Meredith, Chauncey, and Rawle, for appellant. Mr. Dallas, Dist. Atty., for the United States. WASHINGTON, Circuit Justice. This is one of those cases which too frequently occur, in which the court is called upon to interpret legislative expressions of doubtful import. without a clue to ascertain. with precision, what was the real intention of the framers of the law. After the closest examination of the point on _whieh the controversy hangs, we can truly say, that our mind rather inclines to the opinion which we shall deliver, than that we feel a full confidence in its correctness. The point of law to be decided in this case, arises out of the 36th and 66th sections of the act imposing duties; the former of which prescribes the rules by which goods imported into the United States are to be entered. with a view to tho ascertainment of the duties to be paid thereon; and the latter imposes the penalty to be incurred by a violation of those rules. But, to arrive at any thing like a corrcct understanding of the subject, we must turn to some other sections of this law, and from the whole, obtain, if we can, a view of the system by which this branch of the public revenue was intended to be secured. In the first place, the owner, consignee, or factor. is required to make an entry in writing, and in the entry to specify the marks of the packages, and the prime cost, including charges, in the money in which the invoices are made out; and is also to produce the original invoices, or other documents received in lieu of them. The prescribed form of the entry specifies the value of the different articles subject to specific duties, as also the value of...

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Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Judicature and in the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and the Correction of Errors, in the State of New-York, Vol. 5 You cannot declare according to the tenor and effect; but the precise words must be set forth.1' In Boyce v. Whitaker,1 Lord Mansfield said, that if the defendant had set out the stat ute unnecessarily in his plea, that he would hold him to half a letter. In the case of King v. Marsack, where, in reciting a statute, or was put for and, the court held the variance fatal. The strict principle which prevails, in regard to indictments, or declarations on statutes, is equally applicable to declarations for libels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.