Keene v. The United States
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR to the circuit court of . the district of Columbia, in a case, of seizure of certain merchandise, being párt ol the cargo of the schooner Sea Flower, Matthew Keene, claimant, imported from the HaVanna, in the island of Cuba, into the port of Vienna, in the district of Maryland, the vessel having sailed on a foreign voyage under a coasting license.
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ERROR to the circuit court of . the district of Columbia, in a case, of seizure of certain merchandise, being párt ol the cargo of the schooner Sea Flower, Matthew Keene, claimant, imported from the HaVanna, in the island of Cuba, into the port of Vienna, in the district of Maryland, the vessel having sailed on a foreign voyage under a coasting license. The goods having been landed at Vienna, were transported to Alexandria, in the district of Columbia, where they were seized by the collector of that port, and libelled and condemned in the district court of that district, whose sentence was…
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · LivingstonLivingston, J.
This is a seizure on land, by the collector of the port of Alexandria, for a breach of the act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same, passed 18th February, 1793.
The breach alleged is, that a certain schooner called the Sea Flower, duly enrolled and licensed, sailed to a foreign port, without having first giv-n up her enrolment and license, and without being duly registered. That, on her return voyage, there were imported in the said schooner, from the HaVanna into the port of Vienna, in the…
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