United States v. Alexandroff

HOLLAND, District Judge.

This is a petition of the vice consul of Russia at Philadelphia to the court for an order to pay the amount of a forfeited recognizance to him on account of a bill of costs incurred on an appeal on a writ of habeas corpus.

It appears that in the spring of 1900 Leo Alexandroff, a Russian, under contract to serve on a ship then being built at Cramp’s Shipyard, in the city of Philadelphia, deserted. He was arrested at the instance of the Russian vice consul and committed to the county prison. He sued Out a writ of habeas corpus against Robert C. Motherwell, Jr., keeper of…