The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-02-02

IT'S The DfsTEsc1 cDrET or THE
il Third yu5tcfAz District OF WnAh<uxton
Isrnsayy- holding sExz1x e Sexttss.
The rni1ed States ~ Amxrica ~. The
sleop "Emerszd hes tackle, apparel. fur
Tse :. Prrssdsas of shs rnsted ss4ts< q
America 70 al wtzosa u nzy eonnsrn-
wheress. VIA IL whtt<. TINTED st.ses
Is aied ! nbei 81 iafornaxtson in me
above emitted cgurt. zasegI1g IN Substance
xz f0zSowx-
That Il . tine past. 10 1ft. sn the ia<h
dsy Of JkaEAsy, A. D.. isea, ~ Port B1scos-
nRvsxz6Es from TIE sen b. vessels Of tn o.
suose fp1s bur1en. The Collector o. Cns-
toms Ter the distxics OF PUGET sound, did
seize and now hath IN his custody st Port
Townsend. I'm said district ~ being forfeit
ed 10 the t-ussed states o ceyszsn <2Desr Or
tons harden. her szekle. apparel f1rni-
taFE and cargo. ftseu and there
IN and On board said sl0op- cor
sisffnx Of the following srrscssss VIC.
two t2] sresch loading rites and tszse aafi-
dred aid eighty eight lscl y-1afs TIES ct
prepared opium fhell and there Of the ag-
greTafe ya5ue Of fwo tao1sssDd and ETY.
I've and ninety Eve cue hunsredfhs sIos~
Lars foe that. AZ 8 time rast. on the l0fn
day Of January. 1879. ~ Port Discovery bar
tory. and wifhin the collection district
Aforesaid. nII ard singular the said goods.
wars kaa merchandise beyesnbefore
enHsGerAfed and described being OF tor
esgs growth ard manufacture and subject
TO sf.S payment Of duties upon being IEa-
and Eseinz by lax required 10 &C fuso1rcd |
up0z being imported and brought into
the United states, were by Ben Lundy and /
Joe Hsli then. and In charge and control
OF said sloop. IN the said vessel on sloop. ]
the same being then and there OF less than /
3ofons burden To- wit: OF the burden Of i've /
tons, uniawfuliy. clagldextineiy, knowingly |
and frxadntentfy brought into the United /
statsis and into the said county OF Jeher- /
son with the intens then and there on the |
part Of said Lundy and said Hall to de-
fraus the said United States. the /
dury due and payable on said goods. /
wares and merchandise not having been |
paid for or accounted for or secured to be l
paid TO the said United States, and the said /
goods, wares. and merchandise. not bay
ing been inToiced, contrary 10 the statute !.
in such eases made and provided; and fur
Their alleging In substance IS follows
tn At ffAe past. to-w1t. on the l0fn /
daT Of January 1es3. 81 Port Discovery Bay |
In said collection district of Puget sound /
ON waters nasigable from the SEA by yes /
sess OF 10 OF more tons burden, the collec- /
tor OF customs did seize and now has in /
his custody at Port Townsend, In said dis ]
triet as being forfeited 10 the United States. |
certain sloop or vessel called Emerald"
Of less than 50 tons burden, her tackle APP |
parel. furniture aud cargo, then and there |
In and ON board of said sloop, consisting Of /
the following articles, to-wfs. two breech- /
loading rifles and 1 - 5-tael tins OF prepar |
ed opium then and there of the aggregate |
value OF two thousand and fifty and nine |
ty-dve one-hundredths dollars For that |
at time past, towit: on the 10th day Of |
January 1859 at Part Discovery Bay in JEFF !
ferson county, Washington Territory, and |
within the collection district aforesaid /
Ben Lundy and Joe Hall, being then |
and there in the sole and e1ein |
siye control and management of |
said sloop, did then and there. knowing |
~, uniawfully and wilfully in and on /
board Of said sloor. bring into the United |
States and into said county OF Jefferson, !
twelve Chinese laborers whose names are |
unknown to the said United States atfor- |
ney, from q foreign port or place to-wif:
Of British Columbia, without having deliv |
cred or reported TO the collector of customs |
for said district, any separate or other list |
of the Chinese passengers taken on board |
said sloop, NJ said foreign port, nor any list
that time. said Chinese laborers not being
entitled then and there or at all to enter or
be in the United States, contrary TO the !
statute in such case made and provided.
And praying for monitiOn and other
proper process to the end that the same
may be decreed to be and remain forfeited
accordingly, and whereas on reading and |
fling said libel OF information the court |
made the following order thereon. viz:
LET this cause be set down for hearing |
in open court, on Thursday, February l4th, |
1889, at III O'Clock a. m OF said day, AT which /
time al persons having or claiming any
interest In said sloop, her tackle, apparel95
furniture or cargo. must appea: and make |
their allegations in that behalf. or their de- |
iaait viii be entered, and let notice be /
given liz the usual form BY publication |
thereof In the Seattle DAILY Posi- ISTELLI- |
GEScER.
THOMAS BURKE, judge
Dated. January -. 1889
Sot. therefore, all persons having or
claiming any interest in said sloop, called |
Emerald" her tackle, apparel, furniture |
and cargo are notified 10 BE and appear in |
open court et the time specified in said |
order and make their allegations In that |
behalf or their default viii be entered and /
the prayer Of said information granted.
witness the Hon. Thomas Burke, Judge |
of said district court ard the seal of said |
court this cath day of January, A. ID. 1889. /
fsEAL@E w. Z. LEDGERWOOD. Clerk.