United States v. The Frank Silvia

Since the order of proceeding required seems purely technical, I regret to say, that I shall be compelled to sustain the point as to the jurisdiction. The libel of information in the ease is promoted to recover a line of $500 under title 52, c. 2, Rev. St. U. S. §§ 4499 and 4500, for carrying passengers without complying with the terms of the title.

The point is made, that the district court docs not appear to have acquired jurisdiction, before tiling the libel, by a seizure of the vessel by the collector, or other executive officer of the government. There is no allegation that any seizure…