UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN MOTOR BOAT K-1231

No. 60.

54 F.2d 502 (1931)

UNITED STATES v. AMERICAN MOTOR BOAT K-1231.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

December 14, 1931.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Eilperin, of Brooklyn, N. Y., for claimant-appellant.

Howard W. Ameli, U. S. Atty., of Brooklyn, N. Y. (Herbert H. Kellogg, Alfred C. McKenzie, and Emanuel Bublick, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for libelant-appellant.

Before L. HAND, SWAN, and AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judges.


AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.

Combs, the motor machinist mate in charge of the Coast Guard cutter 2368, while cruising around Jones Inlet, Long Island, on July 2, 1930, sighted American motorboat K-1231 coming into the inlet from the open sea. The cutter was then nearly a mile away from the K-1231. The mate of the cutter put his glass on her, noticed that she was well down in the water, saw men on her, but did not know any of them. Thereupon he turned the cutter...

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