United States v. Osaka Shosen Kaisha Line

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a libel in rem filed by the United States against the steamship Santos Maru, to recover a penalty of $1,000, for negligence of the master and officers in allowing an alien to land in the United States, in violation of the Act of February 5, 1917, § 10, amended by Act of May 26, 1924, § 27 (8 U.S.C.A. § 146).*

*483The facts are not in dispute. The vessel arrived at New Orleans on June 11, 1932, in the course of a voyage from Brazil to Japan, with Salvatore Sprovieri, an alien, on board as a through passenger. An order was issued in…