Legal Opinion
The Vinces
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided June 13, 1927No. 928PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge.
The United States filed a libel against the schooner Vinces and her cargo. The first cause of action alleges in substance that the Vinces was bound for the United States, and was observed by the United States Coast Guard cutter Maseoutin within 4 leagues of the coast (commonly referred to as the 12-mile limit); that the Maseoutin tried to stop her, but the Vinces attempted to escapo, and was thereupon compelled by force to stop; and, upon her manifest being demanded, the master of the Vinces failed to produce any manifest, and there was no manifest aboard. It…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Ford v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- United States v. StowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- United States v. BowmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Cunard Steamship Co. v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
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