New-York tribune., 1867-06-19
CIVTL COURTS.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT ooURr.-Dorore Jpds


TUE FAMOUS CHAMPAGNE CASES COMBINATION OR
TTIE EVIDENCE FOR TIIE DEFENsE-IEADIN0 OF
DISPOSITIONS Taken IN FRANCE Er. ,.,t.s 8 N
Co. :" 2eraadre E St Maroeaar & Co. claimnnls
This cnse was resumed yesterday morning, purau-
Charles T' ISwrcnce. called by defense, tcstaed Am
with Inc firm of Farrar Lyon at No 81 SVutStj thcy
dol an ,Sne and purohased wines from Mr. Batzer,
claimants agents purchased VINE rom III nm ~ ~ u % ioG i
with him from 1862 10 1896 IN 1864 bOught Ciuto Nolt
ava Carte BIanchc paid slS per case TOR m gaT sdn snd
SO per case for nts We pala W. t i ~ haze been in fhe
wine business about five year,; buy the WINE TOT inc r
and have d one so for the last four years -,
' 49, @ cvamncd- Am % years old am employed by the
firm as buyer bought wines on the reputation my ttno
gines had in MARKET tasted wines before pufchas
i0E tested the difference between the
BIne Label" "Pipor Hedsic1," aud Carte Noirp and
Carte Blanche; tho "Ppcr Hedsck" was the superior
vine am tcsuying 10 what occurred previous 70 SeP3
1864 fault found with the Carte b3uCne; anu hnu
Carte KOr" BY customers ahd We Ge,Sei s ~
it know only one kind OF PjPer elacR we OK a Taor 9
aud 10 md Il superior articlo II suits our ue ana sat-
''.s Jesse S n slaerXm keeper at fe Brandrcth
purchased s. MarcGanx wines n D dbae9 p o
the testimony the ground tina. oSG, gansaStens ,
did not prove the market Fic nf MeDs.cr i @ to
os Mir Narshas testimony was to establish the market
value abroad. The Court thought thls wa an @
action not running through serios OF years s te tts
actions of the previous wnessd anu fsa dne oviuohoe
Tho drnoeton OF Antoine Arthur Moritza, dated 18th
ohaud3Se LroEer i'm Rheims am familiar with the wines
nort arc moi eoll in Rheims there is no market for
sGGn FOR The United States are sold at whole
SALE th, wines prepared for CONSUMPTION IN IN EroiU arc
principally sold by agonls, and sold IN sma g'laes
there arc no fixed prices for the Wines oach manuiac-
turer trying TO Ouytp the other in sales ana constantly
changing his prices; prepared wines Or o @
sold I'm France except private way through CORE
spondcnts fix the wholesale market prlee o WneS o
er nort Is very difficult; the only way that know ITO
do SO would be TO add TO the value OF the rut OF W
wines the Increased cost Of prepag e n 5t tbS S Cow
Ous foreign markets. Mr. Eyarts conaeIeu tu hui M 1g J
ernment having established that there Wd he. t""o @
loP & e wm mcs and the Increased cost OF them pre-
pared for foreign markets, in order to show market
Mr. Webster said no market value had been proven by
the Government. 49,, ,,,r ho on
tinucd and the fact ~ to market value being es-
tabiished lof for ihc jury TO determine. ~,
The reading of tho depO5itiOns was resumed ~ IL
seldom That any comes TO Epcrnay or khcims 70 pu
prepared wines; the wines prepared or hs e. uoa %
other countries they cost less 10 prepare ana INC ot'g
and labels Of cheaper kind the price ol t9l % o.
Marceaux wines the carly part Of 1864 n Rheims can
state clearer than have already st1di thc onl wa"
Know OF 70 20 nsye p ySe ~ at ~ tbe utS or raw vine The
Invoice Of the wines in controyeIy was thcn
certifying that its statements were TO tho best oil DIS
knowledge, true and correct ,,,r-,
Cross Examination manufacturers nave dlicrent dlic
prices they vary their prices according o orcumsan
ces the rivalry among thom = intense Their business s
peculiar one in respect TO the way gi euec.Dg s lo
sales few sales being effected IN France most a OF
the sales being through agents abroad thcLg may @ n9
prrparod wines sold la France In small quanurS' pu'
Inc quantities not sufficient TO indicate win any Ger
tant the lowest price broSht ~ slch vines , anu; & n
addition. II would be Impossible 70 AstcIln "nt ~,
yaTous prices OF the small quantity od, WITHOUT
referring to the books of the respective mnuiacircrs
whose prices vary greatly the wines sem 20 t'o w N -,
States inferior in dclcacy OF h'vor 70 tho'e sen -
Francois Eugeno Polllart deposcs Am Director of an
Industrial Company Rheims, who masc aoysHoei ' on
merchandise; when "BUt OF raw wine - made lhlo
prepared wine II IS no ionsor ah si'l,lo ~ ~ -
mercc; manufacturer VIII not purchase me Hiies
manuaetarer sells his various grades Of wine depends
upon the circumstances each particular case o. ur
than another, o6 the same day. -.
Philip Joseph Heidclberger depo'cs. Am q parlhsr W
In existence since 1885, and has sent wines 10 thn Jmtfd
states since 1885 wncs were made IN 1904 ana s, o se
EazeT our agent there Bstzer received 20 per cent
his sales WHITTIER the sent was ordered by hm or
not the object Of appointing sole agent ~ lhe .hlte'
vent the cOuntcrletng Of our brands, practice very
prevalent In the United states; The invoices ~ conIo
Versy properly and honestly mAde hnd ihc bloe,
In them were higher than the net amounts received by ~
for wines; Champagne wines must De pressed o ,,
toners; thoy must be perscniy pfcssdi cn,t"eis 40
not seok US We must seek them: our expenses Tor agents.
advertising. &c, Sc, are imens; ngcni, rfetiNe tau
expenses which very large IN addition they receive
from per their sae; Ia where manu-
facturors become bankrupt aud forced shle y n,ae m
France very little more h rcaifcd on the prepared VINO
sworn statements then read IN reference 90 the
sent by claimants e. their agents in Paris London.
and Berlin, and sold by the agcns These statements
purportcd 10 bc made MP from the books OF the claim
ants, which, was claimed are kept under gi'riAngc
prices received by claimants for these wines, per
case about 30 francs about four francs les Than thc
average price per stated in the invoices oi the vino
IN controversy TO ts port II also claimed that
the wines sent o these EurOpcon cities was better tan
tht United States with the exception of ono
Kind the United States The cost OF tho wines IN
controversy claimed 90 have avenged about francs
per case than the inyoiced prices and minute deain
Of the cNpenPcs incurred IN procuring tho brui VINO
and preparing 10 ready for pmcnt were gwen tho vino
I'm controycrsy was seized in September 5Ci; tho prices
at which il was inYOiced a. folows Royal per
case Zone quart bOtcs 80 ffnncs; same per caSo
(two dozen botilcB % francs; Red lAc per case
1.-TWO dozen pint bOticsl, % francs 90 ceutics Carte
NOr" per dozen quart bOtlcs, 80 francs ~
cenimes; same, per case two dozen pint bOtles IS
franco cenfimes Carte Blanche, case 0nc dozen
onart bocsl 80 francs 90 centimes same per two
dozen pint bOtticSj, 80 francs 90 contimes.
Pending the reading OF these statements, the court ad
i0urncd 10 this morning at 1880 -
Samuel G.. Courtney, u. =. District Attorney; VIM NJ
EVarts Elisha Allen, Deputy T. S District Attorney, and
GrosycnOr T.. BOwery for the Government Webster and
Craig for the claimants.