The Iver Heath

ROSE, Circuit Judge.

In this case the customs authorities at the port of Norfolk assessed upon the British steamship Iver Heath a penalty of $16,380, the value of 560 tins of opium brought into this country by the ship and not entered on its manifest. Almost all the opium was found in the personal baggage of six Chinamen, who had, until a few minutes before landing, been members of the ship’s crew. They had on the day of the seizure been paid off and discharged. They *150came ashore at Lambert’s Point, bringing with them eight sea bags, two suit cases, and one trunk. They had with them an order,…