, 1870-12-23
THE LAW COURTS.
WhiAkey and Tobacco Cascs.
Alleged Fraud by a Copartner-crlm-
i1al Business


YwrnrT,xr sxyrSCI cAsE-Hof GC1tTT.
un,.ed st,,es '. Thomas HOLMAN and George s.
purtouphu. This VA An Indictment charging
t1eJ.ndxuss with violating the Revenue Law. In
thai they beng dht!11eta, removed EptEits to !.
nl,rr uxcer rhsn distllleIy warehouse, The tax
upon tie SPIRITS not having been paid The spe-
ctoc charge under the Indictment was tha. de-
fendsnts commenced Business, ~ a f1rm Of dis
.1le.s, ah Mt JOY, 1850, andthAt they removed 70
the Eettifytrg establishment Of Herman j. Pahl-
man. IN September, 1858, NIFTY barrels OF high
w.nta which lot W4s du'y noted in taeit dstitlerJ
bork Two Other lots. each OF htsy barrels, u WIS
% 1he same house. iiavioa thus accounted
fer The splnts sent, ihe prosecution showed
:as sse t9Rse aases u ,s Ssz 3a,s liz . r. =
nal numocrE. and the ksle Of The 1sne
there From ILLS the tnft reace Was cravn BY the
as,on Of IT. ser, pu1abers o. bors,s md
copt,kh4nd removal, which. II Unexplained,
would make cut The case for the EoE Eefnmsnt1 me
shili b. cis,i.ctly marked with q sertl numbe-.
The cefcndAuts. however. explained the trans-
ac1io1 ~ teknmnny ,hoM,n9 test the ~ Mi4es e.
Pahlmxn, WIRE never, IN fact, sent to him Ct
used by .lu., hut shar. s cause ot the amount Of
his eentsacts be es,1ntsrnandsd ny ofGsr 70 a. e;
New Ytrr, tor sslc nu hts own account through
uei. rdaut., who were y, and did, account TO-
ee1t m ~ To- teft tsssots' @ fatnsT because rshi-
msu had no broke: In that city for tho
purf osr Ut receiving <nta The Court tGlodgeit)
fpt.tu ted that IL this done. then 1t consti-
tuud no vlt,lation Of law. TO thu: the defence,
upon his ptns. resolved iIself Into mere ques-
1ton Of Iac'R- Was the trsntat'tnn such a. was
testified los II tue nefendaut ahipPed tue ~ Q
lpts o1 Eixhwint8 IL New YORK, 10 De there dls-
pased Gl By tier btolcr'- they r*eeivitE me ae-
ctun OF sAle, and f~t 1lrK with Pahlnsn Tor n.
prctltx. That Gx2lar.td away the presumption
srsLr 1fu1u the unexalaiuesf fac:a nso1 which
the p,t,4 cul3n ~ bAs<:d, aud defendants anould
= bc 1euLl not guilty.
--ipg the defendants with having run toelr as
1ilitrJ with intent 10 tl+lraud The government
No such tntc2t waa proved, and tue court tn-
sIrurted the jury thai there WAS no case MADE
agaM st them ucnef that couut.
u hen aal tue testimony had been received, III
cause VIA submitted Elthnut argument, e:i2ei
upsn It r&ss oi tae government Ut the delcnu
HLIt. TIE tury Wa out tome nse minutes, Hles
Il IeturLCd 10 euurf, nnding The defendants nj
Al In issue Of testimony In tue case II appeares
fhnt deStuoRnts have csld TO the government =
taxes ltT1sd m th-lr distlllcfJ, since August
1862, over f1.0W zoo. 0c.-
United statszs '. jaaea GessJ. George c. Hhe
Thomas ". Gr sVehor, Andre. ]. Suon, ard I
u. Millct. Indictment charging the delcnHan
Gsafy. rs manufacturer, Gtossenof' ~ Mose'
Gea1yta tobacco fhcu,ry, Hlth having IN lsS q
te1rp ftto a conspiracy IN defraud the govern
INT Of the Liz due upon Sne tobacco mAnE
f8c.urcd
.Stu Fyoa edna ,-JAn e TODD. of CHICAGO. to
untaty rruces ding Lsblints unsecured, MAJ
uu OF loao8 o. money snd aineItnres on Era
contracts, S14,z45, Aa.tta-WearinE apparel, eH
fs71: bH.ks. sas; lfe t.surancc policies, payse
70 6eb,nr's wife 5000, Petitioner stated taAt
Ia the ageht OF the Excelsior Lie Ic1usance Cor
p1ny-