Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-17
District Court of the u. S.
In and for the District OF Columbia, April 4,

District Court of the u. S.
In and for the District OF Columbia, April 4,
1920.
The United States
Against
Three casks ofre6ned lump and loaf sugars.
Case Of Seizure and sLabet.
It's ordered that the fourth Saturday in
shis month be, and the same is appointed
Tor the trial Of the said Libel at the Court
house in the town of Alexandria. in The Dis
trict OF Columbia aforesaid. aud that the SUBJ
starce Of the said libel filed against the said
three casks of refined loaf and lump sugars.
together with his order. be published for Id
days before the day hereby appointed ter
the trial OF the SAID Libel in some newspaper
published in the town OF Alexandria, and
le also posted up in the most public manner
ior the space Of fourteen days before the
said day OF tria.. at the court house in the
said town, and also at the coffee-house IN
the said town.
The said Libel charges in substance that
on the 18th day Of December, in the year
1919. at the port of Alexandria aforesaid,
t'wee casks, containing refined lump and
i'fsugar, and brown sugar, were imported.
into the U. States, to wit: into he District,
and port OF Alexandra aforesaid, from to-
reign place, by sea, 10 wit: from the Island
OF Currscoa. in certain vessel and brigan-
tine called the Cumberland CT Alexandria
and 1t Is further understood that the said re-
hned lump and Loaf sugars were So imported
as aforesaid in vessel of less burthen than
one hundred and twenty tons, TO wit: IN the
SAID brigantine called the Cumberland OF
Alexandria-ibe said 5rigantine being then
AMI there vessel ofone hundred and eleven
and twenty ninety hiths tons burthen, and no
n'orf--and that the said refined lump and
loat sugars were SO imported in casks, con-
tanning less than six hundred pound weight
each and moreover that the said three casks
containing all the sugars aforesaid, as well
The SAID rehned ll"p and Loaf sugars, as the
sand brown sugars, after being so imported,
and brought in the said vessel from the TO-
reign port Aforesaid, TO wit: on the said 18th
day OF Dec. in the year aforesaid, at the
port of Alexandra in the District aforesaid,
were unladenan delivered from the said
yessel--notin open day, that is to say, be-
tween the rising and the setting of the sun |;
but in the night tine, without any special
license from the Collector OF the said port /;
and moreover, that all the said sugars IN the
and brought TO the said Port as AFORESAID,
were there on the same day last aforesaid,
unladen and delivered from the said vessel,
without any permit from the Collector of
sad port for such unlading or delivery,
tnelr nor being then or there, or at any
.ime before or SINCE. any naval officer of
tue SAID port, and without being in any
manner authorised by any officer or officers
OF The Customs 10 unlade the same, against
me torn and effect of the act ofCongress in
such case provided.
And further. that by reason Of the premi-
sses, or OF some, OF one the same, and by the
iorce and effect Of the said act OF Congress,
oil the said three casks of sugars as well the
SAID retned lump and loaf sugars, as the said
prov Drown sugars. have become forfeited to the
united States and being so forfeited were
stewards, 10 wilton the 18th day of Janua-