United States v. One Hempen Cable & One Hempen Hawser
District Court, D. Massachusetts
[This was a libel of forfeiture against one hempen cable and one hempen hawser, which were seized by the collector because they were not entered on the manifest of the vessel.]
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, District Judge.
These articles, brought into the port of Boston, in the brig Moscow, from Cronstadt, were seized on the 14th of September last by the collector of the district of Boston and Charlestown, on the ground, as the libel alleges, that they belonged to. or were consigned to the master, mate or crew of that vessel, and were not described or included in the manifest or manifests of the cargo, by which, and by force of the statute of the United States in such case made and provided, it is alleged that they have become forfeited to the uses specified in the statute.
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