UNITED STATES v. 2,180 CASES OF CHAMPAGNE

No. 154.

9 F.2d 710 (1926)

UNITED STATES v. 2,180 CASES OF CHAMPAGNE, etc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

January 4, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirlin, Woolsey, Campbell, Hickox & Keating, of New York City (Cletus Keating, Delbert M. Tibbetts, and Staunton Williams, all of New York City, of counsel), for appellant.

William A. De Groot, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Howard Osterhout, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Mineola, N. Y., of counsel), for the United States.

Before HOUGH, HAND, and MACK, Circuit Judges.


HOUGH, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).

One matter of practice requires attention: This cause was promoted in admiralty, and the United States without leave of court replied to the answer. Such pleading is permitted only by special order. Ben. Adm. (5th Ed.) §§ 234 and 343.

The story of the "rum-runner" Zeehond is much simpler than the pleadings. She left Belgium for the purpose of violating...

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