Locke v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland, which condemned the cargo of the schooner Wendell, belonging to Locke, the Claimant, as forfeited to'the United States. ’ ' The libel contained 11 counts.
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ERROR to the sentence of the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland, which condemned the cargo of the schooner Wendell, belonging to Locke, the Claimant, as forfeited to'the United States. ’ ' The libel contained 11 counts. The - 1st count charged that the goods between the 1st of June, 1808, and the day of filing the libel> at Boston, with intent to transport them to Baltimore, without a permit from the collector and naval officer of the port of Boston, were clandestinely laden on board the schooner Wendell, a Vessel enrolled and licensed according to statute, whose employment was not…
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Ch. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court as follows:
This is . a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court for the district of Maryland, affirming a judg ment of the district Court, which condemned the cargo of the Wendell, as being forfeited to the United States.
The first point made by the Plaintiff in error, is that the information filed in the cause', is totally insufficient to sustain a judgment of condemnation.
The information consists of several counts, to all of which exceptions are taken- The Court however, is of opinion,-that the .4th count is good, and this renders it…
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