Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-04-12
District Court of the u. S.


In and for the Dlstrictot Columbia, April A,
1890.
The United States
against
Three casks ofre6ned lump and loaf sugars.
Case of Seizure and 9Li6et.
tits ordered that the fourth Saturday IN
this month be, anu the same is appointed
for the trial of the said Libel at the Court
house in the town of Alexandria. in The Dis
trict OF Columbia aforesaid. aid that The SUBJ
starce of the said libel filed against the said
three casks offehned loaf and lump sugars,
together with his order, be published for IA
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 the most public manner
for the space Of fourteen days before the
safe day oftrias, 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, atthe port Of Alexandria aforesaid,
three casks, containing rehned lump ana
loaisugar, and brown sugar, were imported
into the U. States, TO wit: into the Dlstrict,
and port of Alexandra aforesaid, from 10,
reign place, by sea, to wit: from the isiand
ofCurraeoa, in certain vessel and Organ
tine called the Cumberland CT Alexandra !;
and it is further understood that the said re-
fined 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 brgantine called the Cumberland OF
Aiexandria--the said brigantine being then
aud there vessel ofone hundred and eleven
and twenty ninety -6iths tons burthen, and no
nore--and that the said refined lump and
loaf sugars were so imported in casks, con-
taising less than six hundred pound weight
each and moreover that the said three casks
containing all tie sugars aforesaid, as well
the said refined lu,rp and loaf sugars, as the
said brown sugars, after being so imported,
aud brought in the said vessel from the TO-
reign port aforesaid, to wit: on the said 18th
day of Dec. in the year aforesaid, al the
port Of Alexandra in the District Aforesaid,
Mere unaden aud 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 (;
AMI moreover, that all the said sugars IN the
the three casks aforesaid, so being imported
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
said port for such unlading or delivery,
their not being then or there, or at any
time before or since, any naval officer OF
the said port. and without being in any
manner authorised by any officer or officers
ot the Customs to unlade 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 OF some, or one the same, and by the
force and effect ofsthe said act of Congress,
all the said three casks of sugars as well the
said refined lump and loafsugsrs, as the said
brown sugars have become forfeited to the
United States and Icing so forfeited were
afterwards, to,wit,on the 18th day OF Janua-