Wolverton v. Lacey

WILLSON, District Judge.

This is an action of debt, brought to recover penalties under the first section of the act of congress of July 20, 1790. The declaration contains but one count, and is, as to form and material averments, substantially in accordance with the established precedents for declarations on penal statutes. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, on the 6th of May. 1S55. was master of the schooner Yorktown, a vessel *418of over fifty tons burden, and navigating the waters of the lakes, and that with her he made a voyage from Cleveland to Chicago. That he employed and shipped on…