GEMMA v. UNITED STATES

No. 2061.

16 F.2d 1016 (1927)

British Steam Screw GEMMA. George Ernest HUMBLE, Claimant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Libelant, Appellee.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 26, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Kiernan, of Providence, R. I. (Daniel T. Hagan, of Providence, R. I., on the brief), for appellant.

Fred B. Perkins, of Providence, R. I. (John S. Murdock, U. S. Atty., and Russell P. Jones, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Providence, R. I., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court for the District of Rhode Island, forfeiting the British steam screw Gemma. The court below in a careful opinion (13 F.2d 149) found that in May, 1925, the Gemma cleared from Halifax, N. S., bound for Havana, with a cargo of ale, stout, and whisky; that she transferred a substantial part of this cargo, within 12 miles of the...

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