The Calypso
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of the Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Libel by the United States for the forfeiture of the gasoline launch Calypso for violation of the Chinese Exclusion Act. From the decree libelant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, District Judge.
The present libel was filed in the court below to forfeit to the United States the gasoline launch Calypso, her *963boats, tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo, for a violation of section 10 of the act of Congress of May 6, 1882, entitled “An act to execute certain treaty stipulations relating to China” (22 Slat. 58), as amended by the act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat. 115). The section in question provides as follows:
“That every vessel whose roaster shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to…
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