THE UNITED STATES
v.
RIDDLE

U.S. | 1809-02-01
5 Cranch 311 Supreme Court of the United States (1809) Caution
Also reported at: 3 L. Ed. 110 · 1809 U.S. LEXIS 439 · SCDB 1809-022
Cited by 16 cases
Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J,

Marshall, Ch. J,

delivered the opinion of the court to the following effect:

The court thinks this case too plain to admit of argument, or to require deliberation.. It is not within even the letter of the Jaw, and it is certainly not within its spirit. The law did not intend to punish the intention, but the attempt to defraud the revenue. But as the construction of the law was liable to some question, the court will, suffer the certificate of probable cause to remain as it is. A doubt as to the-true construction of the law is as reasonable •a cause for seizure as a doubt respecting the fact.

Sentence affirmed.

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    …95-696. Courts were to issue such certificates on a showing that the officer had "reasonable cause"-a synonym for "probable cause"-for the challenged seizure. Ibid.; see Stacey v. Emery,97 U.S. 642, 646, 24 L.Ed. 1035 (1878); United States v. Riddle,5 Cranch 311, 3 L.Ed. 110 (1809). In United States v. Riddle,a customs officer seized goods on the ground that the English shipper had violated the customs laws by preparing an invoice that undervalued the merchandise, even though the American consignee declar…
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