New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-10-22
SEIZED AS TRUST GOODS
TOBACCO SHIPMENT HELD.
Government IRCokes Sherman La7v
Section Not Used Before.

Norfolk Va, oct. 2l.-A shipment Of leaf to-
hacco and cigarettes, valued at more than
S-0l0, from Durham -. c. consigned to the
Rrstish-American Tobacco Company Limited. Of
Greet Britain has been attached here by the
government and Is being held by the customs au-
tho-ues The action was brought following a
conference here last week between AIr. Hughes
Collector Of Customs: L L Lewis United States
District Attorney, and q representative from
,he apartment of Justice at Washington. The
buslnsss OF the latter in Norfolk was declared to
he ID connection with an important prosecution
under the sherman antitrust law.
washington. oct 21-The Department Of Jus
tioe Issued the following statement to-day con-
cernl-e the tobacco seizure At Norfolk this az
-eruooL-
The Collector Of Customs at Norfolk. under
direction Il the Secretary Of the Treasury. At
the instance Of the Attorney General and in
conjunction With the United states Attorney
for RE Eastern District Of Virginia. has seized
10 cases containing $4,000 cigarettes. valued
az Sl2T2 80, which were in transit from facto-
ries q the Britlsh-AIuerican Tobacco Company.
Limited, located At Petersburg. Va. and Dur
hs-. y. c. 70 New York and foreign cour-
t1es- This seizure was made under Section Is
Of tire sherman antitrust law which reads as
follows
ANY property owned under any contract OF ~
an com hlnatlon or pursuant 10 any conspiracy
ia1G helES the subject thereof, mentioned III
Section ] 81 this act, and being in the course o.
transportation from one state to another or to
r foreign country shall be forfeited to the
United states, and may ba seized and condemned
h Ike proceedings as those provided by law
for the forfeiture, seizure and condemnation Of
priority imported into the United states con
tra-- 70 Law"
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Richmond and viii state the cause Of seizure to
be that The property was owned under con-
tract entered into in 1901 by the two American
tobacco Coupanies-that IS 70 say. tho Ameri-
can Tobacco Company and the American Cigar
Gonna ny-wtth three English concerns. namely.
fhe Imperial Tobacco Company of Great Britain
and Ireland, Limited: Ogdens Limited. and the
British American Tobacco Company. Limited in
which contracts Il was agreed substantially that
Ire american and English companies should not
compete with one another in the territories given
% each in this contract the corporations named
81 effect divided up the world among them, go
fsr as the tobacco business was concerned.
The information also contains counts charg-
31g that the tobacco was owned by a 'coubina-
ton IN restraint Of trade and pursuant 70
conspiracy IN restraint q trade which 81
mere variation q the language q the charge
stating the causes of forfeiture.
This IS q proceeding IN rom-tha- is TO say,
against the property itself. and not against any
individuals T the owners Of the property want
70 make defence they must come into court and
claim the property and file their written plead
Sings denying the charges set out in the infor1na-
zion and showing that tie unlawful combination
IN restraint Of trade charged IN the information
GOES not IN fact exist
This IS the first time that proceedings have
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