Dover Shipping Co. v. United States

Keefe, Judge:

The facts before us presented by the record are rather unusual and interesting. It appears that on May 3, 1932, during the time the Prohibition Amendment was in effect, a British merchant vessel was seized off the coast of New Jersey by officials of the United States Government and charged with illegally attempting to deliver a cargo of liquor to this country. The liquor was placed in the custody of the United States collector of customs on May 6, 1932, awaiting disposition of libel proceedings instituted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.…