Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-21
District Court of the U. S.


In and for the District OF Columbia, April 4,
1890.
The United States
AGAINST
Three casks ofrefned lump and loaf sugars.
Case of Seizure and 9La6eL.
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 10 the town of Alexandra. in The Dis
trict OF Columbia aforesaid. and that the sub
starce of the said iii filed against the said
three casks ofre6ned loaf and lump sugars.
together with this order, be published for II
days before the day hereby appointed Tor
the trial OF the saio Libel in some newspaper
published in the town of Alexandria, and
be also posted up in the most public manner
Tor the space of fourteen days before the
said day of trial, at the courthouse in 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 Alexandria aforesaid,
three~casks, containing refined lump and
loatsugar, and brown sugar, were imported
into the U. States, 10 wit: into the District,
and port of Alexandra aforesaid, from TO-
!eign place, by sea, TO wit: from the Island
OF Curacao, in certain vessel and brigan-
tine called the Cumberland ct Alexandra !;
and II 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--the said brigantine being then
ihQpo 4 6 k,,Y md oil ION
aud twenty ninety hftiis tons burthen, and no
more--aad that the said refined lump and
ioaf sugars were so imported in casks, con-
tanning less than six hundred pound weight
each and moreover that the said three casks
contaluing all the sugars aforesaid, as we'll
the said refined lump and loaf sugars, as the
sald brown sugars, after being SO imported,
and brought in The said vessel from the TO-
reign port aforesaid. TO wit: on the said 18th
Gay OF Dec. in the year aforesaid, at the
port OF Alexandra in the District aforesaid,
were unladen and delivered from the said
vessel--not in open day, that is to say, be-
tween the rising and the setting of the sun
but in the night time, without any special
license from the Collector of the said port
and moreover, that all the said sugars in the
tne three casks aforesaid, SO being imported
and brought 10 the said port as aforesaid,
were there on the same day last aforesaid,
nnladen 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
tame before or since, any naval officer OF
re sand port and without being in any
manner authorised by any officer or officers
OF me Customs TO unlade the same, against
,he torn and effect of the act of Congress in
such case provided
And further, that by reason Of the premi,
ses' or OF some, OF one the same, and by the
iorce and effect of the said act of Congress,
all The said three casks of sugars as well the
SAID rehned lump and loaf sugars, as the said
nrowu sugars, ave become forfeited to the
united States and being so forfeited were
afterwards, 10 wilton the 18th day of Janua.