U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York November 15, 1862 (United States v. Fifteen Hogsheads of Brandy)

NELSON, Circuit Justice.

A seizure case, such as the present one is, in which the parties, are entitled to a trial by jury, can only be reviewed on a writ of error. And, if a writ of error had been taken in this case, this court could not have entertained it, because there is no bill of exceptions; and there could have been none, as the court below was made the judge of both the law and the fact.