The Meteor
District Court, S.D. New York
[This was a libel of forfeiture filed by the United States against the steamship Meteor because of an alleged violation of the neutrality act of April 20, 1818 (3 Stat. 448).]
1Opinion of the Court
BETTS, District Judge.
In directing, on the 13th of July last, the entry of a decree condemning and forfeiting the vessel, her tackle, &c., in this case, the court appended to the decree, as signed, a memorandum to the effect that it would proceed as early after the entry of the decree as might comport with the health and physical ability of the judge, to place on file, in connection with the decree, the positions of law and fact governing the judgment of the court in the decision thus rendered. The intention thus expressed will now be fulfilled.
The libel of. information in this case is filed…
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