United States v. Jackson

BETTS, District Judge.

The United States prosecute an action, of debt against the defendant as owner or master of a steamboat, demanding a penalty of $500, under the provisions of the act of congress entitled ‘‘An act to provide for the better security of the lives of passengers on board vessels propelled ’ in whole or in part by steam,” approved July 7, 183S. The declaration alleges that the defendant, being master or owner of a steamboat named the Daniel Jackson, duly licenced, at this port, used and employed her on the East river, on the navigable waters of the United States, in the…