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The Panama

District Court, S.D. Texas

Decided May 23, 1925No. 1233PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

This is a libel brought by the United States to forfeit the schooner Panama and her cargo of intoxicating liquor; the schooner having been seized .while anchored 12.1 miles from the nearest point .of shore off Galveston, and having a cargo of intoxicating liquor only. Upon reasonable ground for suspicion that she was violating the liquor laws of the United States, the Coast Guard cutter Comanche caused her to be boarded and searched — the commander of the Comanche at that time believing that she was within the terms of the treaty; that is, that under her equipment…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. BengocheaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1922
  2. United States v. 1,250 Cases of Intoxicating LiquorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1923
  3. The Grace & RubyDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1922
  4. United States v. 1,250 Cases of LiquorDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1922
  5. Latham v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1924

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. United States v. HenselCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
  2. The SagatindCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1926
  3. Ducos v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1926
  4. Hennings v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1926
  5. Ford v. KlineDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 1930

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