, 1876-04-22
ritt was noizcd ttbeied, and ajjndgod forfeited,

fitt Hh4 1olzcd. ltbeleu, anu a1lha8oa totlcho"'
Tor
vlo1Arfor or TIE NAy,aAflos LATs,
and o. AZ IL teckie aly alleged, for Atnu1g!lHE.
ILoro wha q n eat a;nh1guit7 ~ 10 th. man
Ing and tntons oF ths Navigation ao: Or lbi5.
Tho proviAo to mh first ncctton quoted IL tho /
htoge opinion. waa n puzzle to tho Judiciary a.
weIl M to tie Treasury Department and "a |
aeentH; and to aolvc tla ua11o, tovhral suits |
woro eotnmeutotl AGAINST vesee9 aetzed. a,Tl. r.
fUth Of May, 1a6a-hencc Qua year rravio,,s TO
Tho soiznra OF tho bfary MefrttL-ts,o schuoncr
vlctota wns seized by tho co1leotor as Ilta ptrt
trary to lie pnoyIsona Of tho act Of 1al7. aboye
roferrct{ to. It waR alleged and a1aitt.d that |
t,o rlctotia wsn Cananan-blt. and tha pr,n- !
crty Of Anorioau citizans. TO- SIT q. II.
ney {tho latter, to mako tho nirenno worae, thon
being Custom -ll1uso ollcnr at 0aweEo}. With
thts caBo was pending before tile District Canrt
IT hils aullce. the thru Bolc'sor OF tho Tfcs@u-
rv. Jil,dan aent wtfttan instruction to the tlnn
Diatric.Aisorney, wtdct, fatty ssyB that tho
"o,oaers of tic ressct lad rtsfed his Office tEiL
a uic,o Of obtaining tte release Gf tier tcs5cs;
md TINT tu tito faco of sa'l Proved It was worry
doubtful whether forfeiture could be ciRimoA;
md wheh wi,.ds up with the Instruction to GlA-
cuutsnuo proceedings until further u,deH. On
i motion OF tho attorney Tor tho Victoria. tho
Disi,cs. Attorney filed tsta ratnarlah!o shstrlle..
Hot. wil tic Court a1r tho libel WAS tlo.ntshhd
accordingly. Apparently tho right Ut British.
built mud Aneroall-ownel ysesels r. import Eottia
az Ut,tiaa vcascis Was ohtablIsslod mud. n,1hled
by this instruction. o1poundng suthof;anss.y y
Court, tho aiary Morritt aud number Of other
vessels similarly situated, resumed their Trade
with Uur ports, and caGttetl OIL tho BAmo Unit
thoy were naturaitzed by Couktoaa,
WITH THE EXCEPTION or THE MAH7 1rrHnlvT,
wlloso ow,iorn u Hcouls, did not understand how
to tuarAga Tho "hook nnu CT ook" III fishing for
American railing papers. 1hc'r Petition Was
dfsseEarded by Congrots. and = 70 Merritt alnne
yt,ft. lie
ttc.nued for violation OF the Navigation Laws.
From tho decree OF forfeiture ngaiuat hor, au
nppoa, rms taken to Tho Bup,o1no Court, and, st
tho nano time, notlsion @ ior Iaona2n w. f mace
its October tcltm In 1879. affirmed tho tec1ce OF
forfeiture: aud tho potitton loE remission was
Dismissed by tho Secretary Of tho 2te1sury.
alsrcll 20, 1871. upon tho ground that 'he t's-
ltllg allowed by 1aW to appeal to higher
Coufs, denYing tl,a forfeiture, aud simultaneously
petition fur remission. AdtnIttn; tho forfeiture
4 warrant OF non-ren1iteion was awarded md
eout to tho Distrlct-At.o1nc7, with instructions
To collect the Judgment rendered aEalns: William
luuuE aud L. u. No1ts, upnn whoBn bond the
yobaeI had loen released, During tho nondoncy
Of tho proceedings ul1or tho execution, in
alav, 1914 to oul,era Of che ye'sel rnado All
application 10 tho Secretary OF tha treasury for
reheasjug siIlug with 1t a1ll:iarlts TINT she't
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