Smuggle

3 The act, with intent to defraud, of bringing or attempting to bring into the United States dutiable articles without passing them, or the package containing them, through the custom-house, or submitting them to the officers of the revenue for examination.* Implies something illegal, and is inconsistent with an innocent intent. Conveys the idea of a secret introduction of goods, with intent to avoid payment of duty.* An article found secreted in baggage will.be forfeited, and a penalty of treble the value imposed.' In other cases the penalty is of a sum of equal or double the value. The penalty for making or attempting to make an entry of merchandise by means of a false invoice, certificate, etc., is forfeiture of the merchandise; ' or the value of the property may be recovered by suit.» See Moiety. If particular goods were actually smuggled or I Williams v. Pullman's Palace Car Co., Sup. Ct. La. (1888), cases. The plaintiff entered a car to ask to be permitted to wash his hands, and, without provocation, was beaten by the porter. s Anderson v. Munch, 29 Minn. 416 (1882), Mitchell, J. " Scan, smug-, to creep through a hole,

— Skeat. • [Act 22 June, 1874, § 4: 1 Sup. E. S. 77. 'United States v. Claflin, 13 Blatoh., 184 (1875), Benedict, J.; Stookwell v. United States, 13 Wall. 546 (1871). «E. S. §2802. ' E. S. § 2864, cases. 17 Blatch. 138 brought in by fraud, the government is entitled to a decree o£ forfeiture under the act of June 33, 18T4, § 12, notwithstanding the claimant may have pm-chased in good^aith and for full value.' As an indictable oftense, punishable by a flue of as much as five thousand dollars, and with two years imprisonment, either or both.^ SilVAKE. A bill pending before a legislative body, which, while introducing a general rule of law, is especially designed to change the law in relation to some matter then in controversy, to the advantage of the originator or supporters of the bill. Compare RiDEE.