Cross v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
[Error to the district court of the United States for the district of Massachusetts. [Action by the United States against Thomas Cross to recover a penalty under the embargo act of 1808.]
1Opinion of the CourtStory, Circuit Justice
This action is debt for a recovery of the double value of vessel and cargo, under the third section of the embargo act of Jan. 9, 1S08, c. 8 [2 Stat. 454], The declaration alleges, that on the 9th of October, 180S, sundry goods and merchandize, of domestic growth and manufacture, viz. 300 barrels of flour, 50 barrels of beef, 3 tons of butter, 10 *893hogsheads and 65 boxes of fish, and 2,000 feet of boards, all of the value of $3,000, were laden, shipped, and put on board a certain vessel or schooner, called the Phoenix, of Falmouth, of the burthen, &e. which vessel was of the value of $2,000;…
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