United States v. Bonds

N.D. New York

United States v. Bonds

28 F. Cas. 384, 9 Pitts L.J. 377, 1862 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60

DecidedMay 31, 1862

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United States v. Bonds, 28 F. Cas. 384, 9 Pitts L.J. 377, 1862 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60 (N.D.N.Y. 1862).

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This was a seizure of $70,000 worth of Southern bonds, the property of Mr. Guthrie, stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The jury, by direction of the court, rendered a verdict restoring the property to the claimant, the judge (SMALLEY, District Judge) charging that the confiscation act oí July 13, 1861 [12 Stat. 255] under which the [sixty-one] bonds were seized, was a revenue act, and covered only goods, chattels, wares, and merchandise, ■or such property as was properly cognizable under the revenue act; that it did not embrace choses in action, such as bonds, stocks, ■&c., nor any money.

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This was a seizure of $70,000 worth of Southern bonds, the property of Mr. Guthrie, stopping at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The jury, by direction of the court, rendered a verdict restoring the property to the claimant, the judge (SMALLEY, District Judge) charging that the confiscation act oí July 13, 1861 [12 Stat. 255] under which the [sixty-one] bonds were seized, was a revenue act, and covered only goods, chattels, wares, and merchandise, ■or such property as was properly cognizable under the revenue act; that it did not embrace choses in action, such as bonds, stocks, ■&c., nor any money.

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28 F. Cas. 384, 9 Pitts L.J. 377, 1862 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/united-states-v-bonds-nynd-1862.