United States v. The Carondelet
District Court, S.D. New York
In Admiralty. Seizure for breach of neutrality laws. This libel was filed on the 6th of February, 1889, to obtain a judgment of condemnation and forfeiture of the steamer Carondelet and her cargo, for alleged violation of section 5288, Rev. St. U. S. The libel charged that the steamer was loaded with camion, arms, and ammunition, and other material of war, “with intent to enter into the service of a certain district and people of Hayti, to-wit, certain rebels in insurrection…
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In Admiralty. Seizure for breach of neutrality laws. This libel was filed on the 6th of February, 1889, to obtain a judgment of condemnation and forfeiture of the steamer Carondelet and her cargo, for alleged violation of section 5288, Rev. St. U. S. The libel charged that the steamer was loaded with camion, arms, and ammunition, and other material of war, “with intent to enter into the service of a certain district and people of Hayti, to-wit, certain rebels in insurrection against the organized and recognized government of the republic of Hayti, and to commit hostilities against the…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, J.,
(after stating the facts as above.) Section 5283 of the Revised Statutes, under which the Carondelot and her cargo were seized, provides for the forfeiture of any vessel that, “within the limits of the United States,” is “fitted out and armed,” or attempted to be fitted out and armed, with the “intent that such vessel shall be employed in the service of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people, to cruise or commit hostilities against the subjects, citizens, or property of any foreign prince' or state, or of any colony, district, or people, with whom the…
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