Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-14


4 IN the most public manner for the space OF
/ fourteen DAYS before the said day OF trial. at
tbe 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 eighteenth day of December,in the year
one thousand eight hundred and nineteen, at
The nor, OF Alexandra, three casks contain
;ag refined lump and loaf sugar, were import
ed into the United States, to wit, into the
District and port aforesaid, from a foreign
Mace. by sea: TO wit, from the Island OF Gu
racoa. in certain vessel or brigantine called
|stbe Cumberland, of Alexandra that the
| said vessel in which the said refined lump and
loaf sugar was imported as Aforesaid, wss
not al The time OF such importation, nor al
anv time before or since, OF one hundred and
twenty tons burthen and upwards. but OF less
burthen to wit, OF one hundred ana eleven
and TWEEN ninety 6ths tons burthen, and no
more land the said rehned lump ana ioai
sugar was so imported as aforesaid, IN
casks containing less than SIX huaored
pounds weight each, againstthe force OF the
act OF Congress IN such case provided, oy
reason Of which premises, and by the force
OF the said act of Congress, the SAID vessel
or brigantine ca led the Cumberland OF A
lexsndria, with her tackel, apparel and tur-
nture hath become forfeited TO the United
States and being so forfeited was after.
words, to wit, on the seventeenth day OF
January, in the year eighteen hundred and
twenty, at the port of Alexandra, In the dis
srict aforesaid, upou the river Potomac, there
being water nsvigable from tEesea by YES
sells of ten tons bwthen and upwards, duly
seized as aforesaid,h by Thompson Mason esq.
collector OF the said port.
Ieste, EDM. l. Lee,
Clerk of the District Court tor
auril ? the District of Columbia.
District Court of the U. S.
In end for the District OF Columbia, April a,
The United States
.against
Three casks ofrehned lump and loaf sugars.
Case of Seizure and 3Labet
tits ordered that the fourth Saturday. in
this month be, and the same is appointed
for the trial of the said Libel at the Court
house in the tcwn Of Alexandra, in The Dis
trict OF Columbia aforesaid. and that the sub
stance of the said libel filed against the said
three casks of refined loaf and lump sugars.
together with this order. be published for IA
days before the day hereby appointed tor
he trial OF the saio Libel in some newspaper
published in the town of Alexandria, and
be also posted up in the most public manner
Cor the space of fourteen days before the
said day of tria!, at the courthouse III the
said town, and also at the cofee-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 Alexandra aforesaid,
three casks, containing refined lump and
ioatsugsr and brown sugar. were imported
luto the u States, to wit: into the District,
and pert OF Alexandria aforesaid, irom-a To-
regn place, by sea, TO wit: from the Island
OF Curacao, Ia a certain vessel and bryan
tine called the Cumberland CT Alexandra ;
and il Is further understood that the said re-
hned lump and Loaf sugars Were STD imported
as aforesaid in vessel OF less burtheD than
one hundred and twenty tons, to wit: IN the
said hriganline called The Cumberland OF
Alexsndria-the said brigantine being then
aud there vessel of one hundred and eleven
aud twenty ninety fiihs 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 we'll
the said refined lu'cp and loaf sugars, as the
said 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,
we're unladen and delivered from the SAID
vessel--notia open day, that is to say, be-
tween the rising and the setting OF the sun !;
bat IN The night time, without any special
license from the Collector OF the said port |;
and moreover, that all the said sugars in the
theihree casks aforesaid, so being imported
and Brought to the said pert as aforesaid.
were there on the same day last aforesaid,
Gnladen and delivered from the said vessel
without any permit from the Collector OF
said port for such unlading or delivery.
their not being then or there, or at any
tune before or since, any naval officer OF
the said port, and without being in any
manner authorised 6y any officer or officers
OF The Customs TO uniade the same, against
The form and effect of the act of Congress in
such case provided.
And further. that by reason OF the premi-
ses, or o. some, or one the same, and by the
iofce aud effect OF thesaid act Of Congress,
al The said three casks of sugars as well the
said refined lump and loaf sugars, as the said
nrown sugars have become forfeited to. the
LATED states: and being so forfeited were
afterwards, to wit,on the 18th day Of Janua-