STATEMEMT of condemnations of smuggled goods, and suits that have occurred between the Collectors of Baltimore and the citizens of the United States or foreign subjects, in relation to frauds practised on the revenue laws, from 1st January, 1820, to 1st September, 1831. REMARKS.-The dates will not always correspond with the returns; being sometimes takers from the orders to prosecute, from the determinations of suits and payments of clerks of court, marshals, &c., appeals to the Secretary of the Treasury, bonds taken by order of courts, suspensions of decisions, uncertainty of issues, transferring to different dockets, &c. The account kept at the Custom-House being simply orders to the attorney of the district for libel or information, and marked off as the cases were determined, sooner or later, no reference was preserved, nor can now be given, of the principles of decisions or verdicts by juries or judges. The amounts taken from the accounts of clerks of court and marshals, upon payments of the proceeds, in duplicate, sent quarterly to the Treasury. When decided against the United States no further notice was usually taken. COLLECTOR'S OFFICE, Philadelphia, 13th February, 1832. SIR: In compliance with your request, dated the 7th ultimo, in reference to "condemnations of smuggled goods, and suits in relation to frauds practised on the revenue," I beg leave to submit an abstract, A, of seizures made in this district, from the first January, 1820, to the first September, 1831; and an abstract, B, of the suits instituted, within the same period, against individuals in relation to frauds on the revenue. I have taken the liberty to add abstract C, shewing the operation of the former laws, imposing, in certain cases, the penalty of additional duty-superceded by the existing law of 28th May, 1830. The want of any regular record of the cases embraced in those abstracts, and the necessity of seeking them in various books and papers, and with much labor, will, I trust, explain and excuse their imperfectness, as well as the delay attending their preparation. I am, sir, very respectfully, The Hon. LOUIS MCLANE, Your obedient servant, Secretary of the Treasury. J. N. BARKER, Collector. July 25 Ship Benj. Rush Bardin shell, pickles Tree 7 bags coffee J. W. Lippin-50 chests hyson skin tea A. from the 1st of January, 1820, to the 1st of September, 1831. cealed in a house, April 30, 1823; claim and answer of several claimants, June 6, 13, 1823. Discharged by order of district attorney, Nov. 15, 1827. 91 00 As per proceeds of salefound concealed in a house; no parties known. Writ of sale returned, "advertised but not sold, coffee not found, and cocoa not sold, by request of collector;" value not known. 301 00 Suit entered per agreement Nov. 14, 1823; remission 1,250 00 Claim and answer of Lippincott & Co., March 31, 1826; decree to dismiss information, October 6, 1826; appeal allowed; decree of district court confirmed by circuit court, April 11, 1827. 1 |