The Luminary

Stoey, Justice,

delivered the opinion of the court. — This is a libel for an asserted forfeiture, founded on a violation of the 27th section of the act of 31st of December 1792, e. 146, concerning the registering and recording of ships and vessels, (a) The libel charges, that the certificate of registry or record of the schooner, made to one John C. King, as owner, was fraudulently or knowingly used for the said schooner, on a ‘‘voyage at and from Baltimore to Cayenne, and at and before her subsequent arrival at New Orleans, she not being entitled to the benefit thereof. The claimant put in a…