The Felicia
District Court, E.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
BYERS, District Judge.
This is a motion made September 20, 1933, to suppress evidence, by a defendant who has been held by a United States Commissioner upon a complaint verified August 19, 1933, by a boatswain’s mate in the .Coast Guard, but no information or indictment has been filed.
The petitioner was acting as master of the pleasure motor yacht Felicia on August 18, 1933, when at about 10 a. m. (the vessel being in the vicinity of Little Gull Light in the eastern end of Long Island Sound) she was signaled to stop by the Coast Guard patrol' boat No. 176, and obeyed.
A petty officer came…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- United States v. PowersDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1932