The Scow" 6-S."
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pitney
This was a libel in rem, brought against a scow under the Act of June 29, 1888, c. 496, 25 Stat. 209, as amended August 18, 1894, (c. 299, § 3, 28 Stat. 360), and May 28, 1908, (c. 212, § 8, 35 Stat. 426), for illegal dumping in New York Harbor. Appellant, as claimant of the scow, denied the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit: first, on the ground that by the statute the vessel was made liable only for such penalties as might be imposed in criminal proceedings upon the persons responsible for the illegal act, and there had been in this case no conviction of such persons or…
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