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UNITED STATES v. ONE CLIPPER BOW KETCH NISKU

No. 76-1271.

548 F.2d 8 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE CLIPPER BOW KETCH NISKU, Defendant-Appellee, Ralph G. Washington, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 20, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard J. Alperin, Boston, Mass., with whom Roland F. Chase, Newport, R. I. and Richard A. Gargiulo, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for claimant-appellant.

William A. Brown, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Civ. Div., Boston, Mass., with whom James N. Gabriel, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and GIGNOUX, District Judge.

GIGNOUX, District Judge.

In this action the United States seeks the forfeiture of a $25,000 ketch, the NISKU, alleging that it was used to transport and conceal contraband substances, including a quantity of marihuana and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 881, 49 U.S.C. §§ 781 and 782, and 19 U.S.C. § 1595a. Claimant, Ralph Washington, a resident of Arizona, purchased the NISKU in December 1973 in Marblehead, Massachusetts, and returned to Arizona...

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