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U. STATES v. 1960 BAGS OF COFFEE

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12 U.S. 398 (1814)

8 Cranch 398

3 L.Ed. 602

THE UNITED STATES, v. 1960 BAGS OF COFFEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 15, 1814.

March 15, 1814.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

PINKNEY, late Attorney General for the United States.

BOYD, contra.

(MARSHALL, )

JOHNSON, J. delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:

This case has been argued very elaborately and has been a long time under consideration. But from the decision which the Court has at length come to, its merits are brought within a very limited compass.

We are of opinion that the question rests altogether on the wording of the act of Congress: by which it is expressly declared that the forfeiture shall take...

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