The United States v. Vowell and M'clean

9 U.S. 368

5 Cranch 368

3 L.Ed. 128

THE UNITED STATES

v.

VOWELL AND M'CLEAN.

February Term, 1810

1

ERROR to the circuit court of the United States, for the district of Columbia, in an action of debt upon a bond given by the defendants in error to the United States, for duties on a cargo of salt from St. Ubes, which arrived and came to anchor within the collection district of Alexandria, sixteen miles below the town and port of Alexandria, on the 23d of December, 1807, but did not arrive at the port of Alexandria until the first of January, 1808.

2

The collector of Alexandria refused to permit the cargo…