Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 16, 1896, No. 200 (Earle v. United States)

lead-opinion

GILBERT, Circuit Judge.

The steamship Coquitlam, with a cargo of 6,190 fur seal skins and some supplies, was seized by the United States revenue cutter Corwin at or near Port Etches, in the territory of Alaska, on June 22, 1892, and was taken by the cutter to Sitka, and turned over to the collector of customs.