The Harriet
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 an asserted forfeiture under the act of the 29th of July, 1813, c. 34 [2 Story’s Laws, 1352; 3 Stat 51, c. 35], giving a bounty to vessels licensed for, and engaged in, the cod fisheries.
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[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the district of Maine.] Libel of seizure for an asserted forfeiture under the act of the 29th of July, 1813, c. 34 [2 Story’s Laws, 1352; 3 Stat 51, c. 35], giving a bounty to vessels licensed for, and engaged in, the cod fisheries. The libel charged, among other things, that the Harriet was in 1833 enrolled and licensed for the cod fisheries, and that during the existence of her enrollment and license, she was employed in a trade other than that, for which she was so licensed. It also charged, that the Harriet was, during the same…
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
This cause has been very elaborately argued upon the present appeal, both as to the matters of law and matters of fact, arising in it. The only allegation in the libel, which seems now relied on, is that founded on the act of 1813, c. 34 [2 Story’s Laws, 1352; 3 Stat 51, c. 35]. The fifth section of that act, in substance, provides, that there shall be paid, on the last day of December, annually, to the owner of every vessel, or his agent, that shall be qualified, agreeably to law, to carry on the bank and other cod fisheries, and that shall actually have been employed…
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