The Harmony
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Appeal from the district court of the United ' States for the district of Massachusetts. [This was a libel by the United States against the schooner Harmony, Paoli Hewes, claimant, for unloading goods without a permit.]
1Opinion of the Court
STORY, Circuit Justice.
The libel is founded on the 50th section of the collection act of 2d March, 1799, c. 128 (4 U. S. Laws [by Folwell] 279; [1 Stat. 665, c. 22]1, for unloading goods without a permit at Boston. The attorney for the United States moves for leave to amend, and to insert a new count, founded on the 28th section of the same act, for receiving on board, from another vessel, certain foreign goods and merchandize in the Bay of Passamaquoddy. It is stated, that this latter transaction has now, for the first time, come to the knowledge of the district attorney; that it took place…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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