United States v. Open Boat
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] Libel of seizure for violation of the navigation and intercourse acts of 15th of May, 1820, e. 122, and of 1st of March, 1823,. c. 150 [3 Story’s Laws, 1893 (3 Stat. 740, c. 22)] . against an open boat and her tackle and lading.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] Libel of seizure for violation of the navigation and intercourse acts of 15th of May, 1820, e. 122, and of 1st of March, 1823,. c. 150 [3 Story’s Laws, 1893 (3 Stat. 740, c. 22)] . against an open boat and her tackle and lading. The information alleged, (1> that this was a boat or vessel, owned wholly, or in part, by British subjects, and that she came and arrived by sea, from some part of the province of New Brunswick, within the port of Eastport; (2) that sundry goods, not of the growth and manufacture of the…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This is a libel of I seizure founded on the acts, prohibiting commercial intercourse with the British colonial possessions, of the fifteenth of May, 1820, [3 Story’s Laws, p. 1800 (3 Stat. 602, c. 122)], and the first of March, 1823, c. 150 [3 Story’s Laws, 1893 (3 Stat. 740, c. 22)), as put into operation by the president’s proclamation of the 17th of March, 1S27. The questions raised in the case depend upon the true construction of these acts, and upon the conformity of the libel thereto, so as to present the point of forfeiture. The act of 1820 provides, that “after…
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