United States v. 480 Empty Half Barrels

MANTON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from that part of a decree which awarded a money judgment against the appellant, amounting to $11,675.83,'which represented the expenses of the marshal in maintaining guards for the protection and safekeeping of property libeled in this suit and against which the attachment issued. A jury, after a trial, rendered a verdict for the forfeiture of a quantity of beer and containers in .the Manor Brewery, located within the district.

When the costs were taxed, the clerk allowed the expenditures in an amount stated in an affidavit of the marshal of the district,…