WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
United States Coast Guards sighted the British auxiliary schooner "Thorndyke" running at night without lights off the New Jersey coast. On being hailed she refused to heave to. Thereupon the Coast Guards fired warning shots toward her and after a short chase seized her and her cargo of liquor. Later the government filed this libel for forfeiture of the schooner and cargo because of violations of provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 USCA...
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