Samuel Blatchford

“ The articles were made wholly of linen thread, and, therefore, of flax. It clearly appeared by the testimony of one of the plaintiffs that he never heard the machine-made goods bought and sold as thread laces, but invariably as 'torchons.' The testimony on the part of the defendant was to the same effect, and showed that thread lace was always handmade. ”

“ After the suit was brought, the secretary of the treasury refunded to the plaintiffs all excessive sums exacted upon such of the above importations of laces of linen thread as were made by hand, leaving the controversy only as to those laces of linen thread which were made by machinery. ”