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In the District Court of the United States for the District of Alaska. 
United States v. Schooner “ Sylvia Handy.” 
No. 93.—Evidence for Prosecution. 
By Mr. Delaney.—I am John C. Moore, Third Lieutenant of the revenne-cutter 
“Bear,” and I was such on the 2nd September last. I was present at the seizure of 
the schooner ‘‘Sylvia Handy” on the 2nd. We were in latitude 54° 12’ north and 
longitude 166° 50’, 17 miles from Cape Cheerful. Captain Healy is Commander of 
the ‘‘ Bear,” R.M.8.,U.8. Iwas boarding officer, sent by Captain Healy, in company 
with Alexander Wilson; boarded the vessel, and found she had forty-two seals on 
deck, unskinned. I reported the fact to Captain Healy, who ordered me to seize the 
vessel. I returned and told the captain that I had orders to seize the vessel. He 
said he would submit, but on protest. James Carthcut was in command of the vessel. 
Captain did not state how long he had been in Behring’s Sea, but said he thought he 
had a perfect right to sealing in the sea if he was 3 miles from shore. 
This was in waters from the sea navigable by vessels of 10 or more tons burden. 
The schooner was taken to Ounalaska; the skins taken out and stored in the 
Government warehouse, 
By Court.—There were 1,637 skins below, and 42 on deck. 
Cross-examined by Mr. Clark. 
The only authority you had for making this seizure were Captain Healy’s orders ?— 
Ves, Sir: 
By whose order did you deliver those skins to Ounalaska?—Under Captain Healy’s 
orders. 
Who did you deliver them to?—I did not deliver them myself, but have a receipt 
for them. 
Who did?—The Captain. 
Were you in command of the vessel?—Yes, Sir. 
He ordered you to deliver the skins in Ounalaska?—Yes, Sir. 
You say you were ordered to deliver the skins in Ounalaska?—Yes, Sir; I deliv- 
ered them to Captain Healy in Ounalaska. 
You stated those skins were pl 
charge of the United States Marshal. 
What was his name ?—Isaac Anderson. 
Have you a receipt for the skins?—Yes, Sir; I have not gotit here, but I can get it. 
Counsel here produces papers for identification. Witness identities them. 
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Redirect: 
Mr. Delaney.—Counsel states that witness may correct any statement which he 
may have made during counsel’s absence for a few minutes. 
Witness states Johnson is Commissioner in Ounalaska, and the skins were delivered 
to the Commissioner, the United States Marshal being absent at the time. 
26 The papers produced by counsel are as follows, to wit: 
Register, No. 51; numeral 116,085, issued at Customs Office, San Francisco, 
12th January, 1887; tonnaze, 67.70 net; “Sylvia Handy” certificate; crew list certi- 
fied 12th July, 1887, San Francisco; clearance from Customs Office, Victoria, British 
Columbia, 9th May, 1887; bound for North Pacific Ocean and Behring’s Sea (bill of 
health accompanying) ; also certificate of United States Consul of the deposit of 
his clearance and other papers with the Consul at Victoria, British Columbia. 
Endorsed: C. H. 11. No. 93. United States v. schooner “Sylvia Handy.” 
Evidence. Filed 22nd September, 1887. H. E. Haydon, Clerk, by A. A. Meyer, 
Deputy Clerk. 
In the United States District Court, District of Alaska, 
In the Matter of the United States v. Schooner ‘‘ Sylvia Handy.” 
No. 93.—Findings and Conclusions of Law. 
This cause having been tried and submitted, the Court, from the evidence, finds 
the following facts “and conclusions of law: 
1. That on the 2nd day of September, 1887, and theretofore, the master and crew 
of the defendant’s vessel were engaged in killing, and did kill, fur-seals in that por- 
tion of Behring’s Sea ceded by Russia to the United States by the Treaty of March 
1867, and within the waters of Alaska, in violation of Section 1956 of the Revised 
