In re Marquand

¶1Customs Administrative Act of June 10, 1890 — United States Circuit Court of Appeals — Remission of Duties — New Trial.

¶2In a case arising under the customs administrative act of June 10, 1890, (26 Stat. 131,) it is not within the province of a United States circuit court of appeals to grant to or withhold from an importer leave to apply to an officer of customs for a remission of duties levied upon merchandise imported by him, and made the subject of such case; or, if a judgment rendered in such case by a United States circuit court be affirmed by such circuit court of appeals, to direct or suggest the action of such circuit court in regard to a new trial upon newly-discovered evidence or newly-ascertained facts.

¶3Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

¶4Statement by SHIPMAN, Circuit Judge:

¶5. At Daw. Henry G. Marquand purchased in a foreign country, and on October 13, 1890, imported therefrom into the United States at the port o£ New York, an antique bronze statuette of Eros, for the purpose of adding the same to, and making it a part of, a collection of antique bronzes which he had been gathering for years, and then had in Ms house. This statuette was classified by the collector of customs at that port as a manufacture of metal, under paragraph 215 of the tariff act of October 1, 1890, (26 Stat. 582.) The said Marquand, as provided in section 14 of the customs administrative act of .Tune 10, 1890, (26 Stat. 137,) protested, claiming — First, that this statuette was free of duty, under the provision for collections of antiquities, contained in paragraph 524; and, second, that, if not so free of duty, it was dutiable as statuary wrought, etc., under paragraph 465 of the aforesaid tariff act. The board of United States general appraisers, to whom, pursuant to section 14 of the customs administrative- act, the collector transmitted the invoice of this statuette, reversed the action of the collector, and decided that this statuette was free of duty, under the paragraph specified in the first claim of the protest. The United States circuit court, to which, pursuant to section 15 of the customs administrative act, the collector appealed, reversed the decision of the board, and adjudged that this statuette was dutiable under the paragraph specified in the second daim of the protest. The United States circuit court of appeals for the second circuit, to which the said Marquand appealed, affirmed the judgment of the circuir court. 55 Fed. Rep. 642. Thereafter, and before the circuit court of appeals had issued its mandate, the said Marquand, upon an affidavit setting forth new facts, moved this court for leave to present this affidavit to the collector of customs, the United States appraiser, the board of general appraisers, or oilier officer of the customs, as the court might direct, and for leave to petition ihe collector or other proper officer to remit the duties assessed upon the Eros upon the facts stated in said affidavit, or upon oral proof to the effect stated; and, in case such relief should he denied, then that the mandare of the court affirming the judgment of the circuit court should contain the language: “Without prejudice to such application, or to an application of the said Marquand for a new trial from the circuit court upon said facts."

¶6Frederic H. Betts, for the motion.

¶7*190Edward Mitcliell, U. S. Atty., and Thomas Greenwood, Asst. U. S. Atty., opposed.

¶8Before WALLACE and SHIPMAN, Cifcuit Judges.