Legal Opinion
The Bessie Mac
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided November 18, 1937No. 13932PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtNeterer, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above).
It is obvious from section 5692, Rem.Rev.Stat. of Washington, vessels, nets, etc., unlawfully used may be seized and forfeited to the State, and by section 5693, statute, supra, fishing without license *222with appliances is a misdemeanor; and appliances may be seized and forfeited to the State; arrest of the fisherman (crew) is a proceeding in personam and forfeiture of the vessel,- etc., is a procedure in rem; conviction in the criminal case (personal) cannot operate as a forfeiture of the vessel. The Three Friends, 166 U.S. 1, at page 49, 17 S.Ct. 495, 41…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- De Lima v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
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- Hunt v. a Cargo of Petroleum Products Laden on Steam Tanker HildaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1974