United States v. The Queen
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.] [This was an information of forfeiture against the steamship Queen for alleged violation of the revenue laws. On appeal from the district court. See Case No. 16,107.]
1Opinion of the Court
WOODRUFF, Circuit Judge.
The decision of this court in U. S. v. The Missouri [Case No. 15,785], must be taken as settling, in this court, that the proceedings herein were rightly prosecuted in the court below as a cause in admiralty, and according to the course of proceeding in such a cause. The case of Union Ins. Co. v. U. S., 6 Wall. [73 U. S.] 759, 764, sustains the jurisdiction, and approves that course of proceeding.
I think it clear that the government, under the acts of March 2, 1799, and July 18, 1866, (1 Stat. 645, 646, §§ 23, 24; 14 Stat. 180, 184, §§ 8, 25,) are at liberty to proceed…
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