United States v. 3,500 Cases, More or Less, of Distilled Spirits

BROWN, District Judge.

Tbe libel in rem against tbe British auxiliary schooner Pesaquid is for penalties under Revised Statutes, § 3450 (Comp. St. § 6352) and section 584, title 4, of tbe Tariff Act of 1922 (Comp. St. § 5841h3).

A charge of violation of section 585, being Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 5841h4, was not sustained, and is abandoned.

Tbe libel against tbe cargo is for forfeiture of 3,500 eases, more or less, of distilled spirits under paragraph 813, § 1, title 1, of tbe Tariff Act of 1922 (Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 5841a), and also under section 25, title 2, of tbe National…