UNITED STATES v. 3190 BAGS, 228 CASES, AND 17 KEGS, ETC.

Nos. 258-260.

70 F.2d 246 (1934)

UNITED STATES v. 3190 BAGS, 228 CASES, and 17 KEGS, CONTAINING RYE WHISKY AND SCOTCH WHISKY et al. THE ISABEL H. UNITED STATES v. YARMOUTH SHIPPING CO., Limited. THE MOHAWK. UNITED STATES v. COLLINS.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

April 2, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Halle, of New York City (Milton R. Kroopf, of New York City, of counsel), for appellants.

Martin Conboy, U. S. Atty., of New York City (George R. Pfann, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, of counsel), for the United States.

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


SWAN, Circuit Judge.

On the evening of February 21, 1930, the Coast Guard destroyer Trippe seized the British vessel Isabel H, her cargo of intoxicating liquor, and the motorlaunch Mohawk, to which a small part of the cargo had been transferred. The place of seizure was south of Amagansett, L. I., and the court found, as alleged in the amended libels, that it was within four leagues of the coast and within an hour's sailing distance from the coast by the contact boat...

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