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Justices may condemn goods liable to forfeiture.
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226. When any information shall have been exhibited before any justice for the forfeiture of any goods seized under the Customs Acts, such justice is hereby required to summon the owner of such goods or the person from whom they were seized to appear before him or any other justice, and upon his or her appearance or default to appear, due service of such summons being proved, such justice may proceed to the examination of the matter, and on proof that the goods are liable to forfeiture under the Customs Acts may condemn the same.
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