United States v. Minges
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of South Carolina
Information against J. A. Minges for harboring and secreting for six days two seamen belonging to the bark Dagmal, knowing them to belong thereto, in violation of section 4601, Rev. St. Demurrer because the bark Dagmal is not alleged to be an American vessel. The bark Dagmal is a Norwegian vessel. There is a treaty between the United States and Sweden and Norway for imprisonment and return of deserting seamen. Public Treaties, 740.
1Opinion of the CourtBond, J.
The demurrer in this case raises the question whether it is an offense against the United States to harbor seamen deserting from a vessel of a foreign power. The information alleges that the soamen harbored belonged to the bark Dagmal, but does not allege that the Dagmal was an American vessel.
The prosecution contend that the words of section 4601, Rev. St., “any seaman belonging to any vessel,” under which this information is filed, are unlimited, and apply equally to cases of desertion from domestic and foreign vessels. Upon examination of the statutes, however, the court is of opinion that…
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