66 ALASKA. 



" xAnnex B. 



" ///. the. district court of tlu; United States for the District of Alaska. 



"August special term, 1886. 



" To the Honourable Lafayette Dawson, 



Judge of said District Court: 



" The libel of information of M. D. Ball, attorney for the United States for the 

 District of Alaska, who prosecutes on behalf of said United States, and being 

 present here in court in his proper person, in the name and on behalf of the said 

 United States, against the schooner Thornton, her tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, 

 and furniture, and against all persons intervening for their interest therein, in a 

 cause of forfeiture, alleges and informs as follows : 



"That Charles A. Abbev, an officer in the Revenue-Marine Service of the 

 United States, and on special duty in the waters of the district of Alaska, here- 

 tofore, to wit, on the 1st day of August, 1886, within the limits of Alaska Ter- 

 ritory, and in the waters thereof, and within the civil and judicial district of 

 Alaska, to wit, within the waters of that portion of Bering Sea belonging to the 

 said district, on waters navigable from the sea by vessels of 10 or more tons bur- 

 den, seized the ship or vessel commonly called a schooner, the Thornton, her 

 tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, and furniture, being the property of some person 

 or persons to the said attorney unknown, as forfeited to the United States, for 

 the following causes: 



"That the said vessel or schooner was found engaged in killing fur seal within 

 the limits of Alaska Territory, and in the waters thereof, in violation of section 

 1956 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. 



"x'\nd the said attorney saith that all and singular the premises are and were 

 true, and within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this court, and that 

 by reason thereof, and by force of the statutes of the United States in such cases 

 made and provided, the aforementioned and described schooner or vessel, being a 

 vessel of over 20 tons burden, her tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, and furniture 

 became and are forfeited to the use of the said United States, and that said 

 schooner is now within the district aforesaid. 



" Wherefore the said attorney prays the usual process and monition of this 

 honourable court issue in this behalf, and that all persons interested in the before- 

 mentioned and described schooner or vessel may be cited in general and special 

 to answer the premises, and all due proceedings being had, that the said schooner 

 or vessel, her tackle, apparel, boats, cargo, and furniture may, for the cause 

 aforesaid, and others appearing, be condemned by the definite sentence and 



