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ALASKA. 
“ Annex B. 
“ In the district court of the 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. Abbey, 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. 
“And 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 
