Case Name: UNITED STATES v. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE BOXES OF SUGAR
Court: United States District Court for the District of Louisiana
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1870
Citations: 25 F. Cas. 988
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE BOXES OF SUGAR.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 25
Pages: 988–988

Head Matter:
Case No. 15,034.
UNITED STATES v. EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE BOXES OF SUGAR.
[11 Int. Rev. Rec. 63.]
District Court, D. Louisiana.
1870.
Customs Duties—False Invoices.
P. H. Morgan, U. S. Dist. Atty., and Hudson & Fearn, for the United States.
Billings & Hughes, J. L. Tissot, and W. R. Whittaker, for importers.

Opinion:
In this case the sugar was libelled as having been imported under false invoices, with a view to defraud the revenue. The case was given to the jury February 5th, and a verdict was rendered in favor of the government.