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UNITED STATES v. MECKLING

Crim. A. No. 23495.

141 F.Supp. 608 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America v. John Henry MECKLING.

United States District Court D. Maryland.

June 5, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter E. Black, Jr., U. S. Atty., James H. Langrall, and Herbert F. Murray, Asst. U. S. Attys., Baltimore, Md., for the United States.

Harry Leeward Katz and John C. Weiss, Jr., Baltimore, Md., for defendant.

R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.

On August 12, 1955, at about 2:30 p. m., the sailing vessel Levin J. Marvel (Marvel) capsized and sank in Herring Bay on the Western shore of Chesapeake Bay, with the loss of 14 of her 23 passengers. Thereafter, a two-count indictment was returned against the defendant, John H. Meckling, the Marvel's master and part owner. The first count was brought under U.S.C. Title 18, § 1115, for misconduct, negligence and inattention to...

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