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STEAMER COQUITLAM v. UNITED STATES

No. 804.

163 U.S. 346 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 1117

41 L.Ed. 184

STEAMER COQUITLAM, v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 18, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Calderon Carlisle for appellant. Mr. James Hamilton Lewis, Mr. J.A. Stratton, Mr. L.C. Gilman, Mr. E.C. Hughes, Mr. H.G. Struve, Mr. J.B. Allen and Mr. Maurice McMicken were on briefs for claimants.

Mr. Solicitor General for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a suit in admiralty brought by the United States in the District Court of Alaska for the forfeiture of the steamer Coquitlam, because of an alleged violation of the revenue laws of the United States.

A decree having been rendered for the United States on the 18th day of December, 1893, an appeal was prosecuted to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth...

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