U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Virginia February 11, 1879 (United States v. Humphreys)

HUGHES. District Judge.

The very able and informing briefs of counsel leave me nothing to do but state the points of the case, and deduce a decision from the authorities which govern it. The United States obtained a judgment in October, 1877, against Joseph M. Humphreys, late collector of customs at Richmond, and his sureties on his official bond.