Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS
NOTICE OF SEIZURE.

TERRIroRY OF WASHINGTON. THIRD
l. Judicial Dtsirict, county Of King "a
In the District Court Of he Third Judicial
District OF Washington Territory, holdsns
terms AZ Seattle
No. 47Sa-rhe United States OF Amer,o. VI
sleyen hundred ard fifty three tics Of opium.
The Pre-i lent Of the United stats- 10 all
whom 1t may concern, 6rse.ing:
Whereas, Vim. II. v hite. United st.,.s Al.
torney for Washington Territory, has nled .
libel OF tnformstion In the aAoye entitled DE-
trlet Cou {. alleging in subsian ss follows;
That at times past, towit on the 2Sth, g7ih
and 18th day of December, 1855, at the port
OF Port Townsend. in the county Of JET rsaa,
On the waters Of Admiralty inlet, In wash
ington Territory, and within the Third yadb
cal District thereof. In and on board Q Ger
tAin steamship then and there being At saii
port, OIL her way from Alaska by way Of We
toria. British Columbia and Por. To~ nsesA
70 Portland. Oregon, towit. on board u.
steamship Idaho, at the port of Port Toss.
send. aioressid. and on an arm II The 80
navIgabis from the see by vessels Of leo OF
more tons burden. and within said third ia.
diciAi ID stiict n. +. Beecher, Csllector q
Customs for the Collection District Of Puget
sound, did seize and take into his possesxiou
n Coiiector Aforesaid. the following soeds
vars AND merchandise, towit, eleven hnn.
a Cd snd NJ ~ three tins of prepared opium,
ma ninR nve hundred and seven y sir
ene-nai IoaDds, and now hath still the ssne
In MS custody a, Port Townsend, afcrsssii.
as neing forfeited to the United States Tor The
causes mere natter ms ntloned, towit. for The;
IN, sAo goods. wares and merchandise. t.ing
subject 10 duties by the statutes Of the United
s.s,es, We're, after the LIST day Of Dectmhsf
iesS, and before he seizure Aforesaid, frsad.
elehtIy, knowingly. willingly, with intent 10
de raud the revenue OF the Cured States
imported, brought. struggled and elsRdo
timely Introduced into the United STATES froa
british Columbia, ana being 80 imEortt.
brought, sinusgled AMI clandestineIy iatro-
daced a. aforesaid. towit On the 26sh, III
ahi 18th days OF Dec mber. lsss. TINES q
tAe seizure, aforesaid. were found eoncesc ID
IA and on board said steamship Idaho, Il he
port OF Pert Townsend, In the sAid Third j.
oici District. In the Ter1 itory afcrs said. he
oeft-s en- ssid goods. wares And mefehaaaiss
a p having been before tnAt time paid or -
cured - ee paid, in violstlon Of sections 80
and $3.50 Of The revised statues 81 the United
Stste-, and against ths form OF the ststuis y
such case made and provided. Add said D
bel Of Information alleging further. thai 4
the time Of the seizure Of aid goods. vzrs
and m,rehaudise, aud II The NE Of nliN
said libel of info mstion said goods, wsw
and merchandise were and are ressonabI
worth the sum Of $1l5s; anil further, tia,
said goods. wares snd merchandise. slsvs
tins. Of the value OF sixty-six dollars. Wv
found Concealed on the person Of The Cnf
nese baker. in and on bse I'd Of the said ss<n
ship. snd was found and seized on the ~
das Of December. ISIS and that forty tnse
said goo =, wares and merchandise. u ~
value VI $50, were found conceaIsd. On %
O. mber 10Th. 1855. In the vAlise o. one charis
Foster, the caFpeafer Of sid stea nship. $40
vslise being In and on board aid stesusnp
at the time Of the fading add seizure q ~
forty tins: aud thAt eight hu8dred and ~
tins Of said opium, OF the value Of ti1s.
was found concealed, on December 27th, lss,
10 and ON b. ard "a steamship. In psr'1na
off of engine room, back Of washstan -
thai two hundred and ninety-ssven uss y
said opium, Of he value OF slIs2, were fesse
eones Alod, on December n ID. iso6, under ~
boiler m toe bilge Of the ship, IN and on poss
saii steamship. the Aforesaid eleven uh.
forty tins, eigh. hundred snd Ave tins, -
two hun sTed and ninety sven uns, mA.iHt
this eleven hundred and afiy-sbres tins ssi.s
as Aforesaid b. reasoa Of all which ~
premises and the statutes in this behalf msh
and provided. the rad goods. WARES snd -
CHI lndise. towit, said clever handred ana hi't
three tins Of prepared opium, rave ocee@
aud are forfeited 70 the uses In said stsu's
sRNNA1,As anu ~
other proper process, g. the end thH tae -
may tie deeresd 10 10 and resBAiH fcffsiaed -
cordinglV.
And whereas, on teadIog snd nling tbe 80
libel Of inform alton. the Q at made tns ~
LOT ing ord Ter there u, tovit:
No +is3-Ordet for hearing-fhe ohne
s,Ees Of America vs. eleven hunarra ~"
n1y three tins 81 opium
Let tbis cause be set down Ter hssh.s
Wed uesday, the i0th dsy q feernssy. a
lss6. at 10 o'eloek .. m, In epsn oean.
which time al persohs having O. esis ~.
any Interest IN "a eleven hundred Asa -
tnres tins ~ opium Or any part tna~
must appear and make their aiiessaoe
'hai hehsif Or their default VIII % 49, ~
And let notice b. given IN he asusl ieiI
publication theFraf In the DAHL fos1
LIGgscKR.
Now. Therefore. all - sons having ~ 60 80
log any interest In tke said sisssa 49,
nd ttfIy three tins Of opium. o. 10 shy -
hsreof. are notin-d TO be add app H IN
Joart Of toe time sp-e ned In said sson
aske their Allegsi0As 10 thst hehsi f
iefsuii will re then entered a0d me Pfty~
aid libel OF irform alton granted
whness, the Hon. kegsr er
- l. Judge o. aid Dsstriet cSun :.
49, the seal o. aid Our. ths us%
OF January. A. d lss6.
JANE sEAyEY, ceI
By JAWS 2. LupLou, pspay -
WILLIAM II. WHTfE, United ssAtes Ai's''@
or Nash ngfOn territory