United States v. The Dolphin

BREWSTER, District Judge.

This libel is brought to enforce the forfeiture of the ocean tug Dolphin under the provisions of section 2874 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. Stat. § 5565). The owner of the tug excepts to the libel on the ground (1) that the facts alleged therein are insufficient in law to constitute and support a cause of action in forfeiture; and (2) that the court is without jurisdiction to entertain the libel.

The libelant in the libel alleges that the steamship Korona, bound for the United States, took on hoard at the island of Bermuda, a foreign port, a quantity of liquor, and…