Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court March 15, 1816 (Ingersoll v. Jackson)

The opinion of the Court was delivered at this term by

Putnam, J.

(After stating the facts at the trial from the judge’s report.) The act, for the violation of which the vessel in this case was seized, provides, that, if the vessel should not be seized for such offence, the owners, &c., shall forfeit and pay double the value, and be deprived of any credit afterwards at the custom-house.