Jen Dao Chen v. United States America

POPE, Circuit Judge. This was a proceeding brought by the United States in the court below for the purpose of procuring a forfeiture of certain objects alleged to have been imported into the United States by means of a false declaration in violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1592. Forfeiture is also claimed on the ground that the objects, hereinafter described, were brought into the United States without procuring an import license as required by a Treasury regulation (CFR Title 31, § 500.204), promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury and which related to the importing or otherwise dealing in merchandise originating in China.