three  thousand  pounds  of  whalebone,  into  the  Port  of  Boston
and  Charlestown,  in  t^e  said  pistrict  of  Masisachu^etts ;  and
the  said  Attorney  qf  the  United  States  doth  further  propound
and  allege,  that  the  aforesaid  merchandise  was  imported  in
the  said  vessel,  in  the  manner  aforesaid,  at  a  time  past,  to
wit,  on  the  twentieth  day  of  September  last  past,  into  the
aforesaid  Port  of  Boston  and  Charlestown,  and  that  the  said
whalebone  was  then  and  there  unladen  and  delivered  from
said  vessel  at  the  said  Port  of  Boston  and  Charlestown,
without  a  pei^nit  from  the  Collector  or  any  other  competent
officer  of  said  port  for  such  unlading  and  delivery ;  all  which
is  contrary  to  the  Statute  in  such  case  made  and  provided.
By  reason  whereof,  and  by  force  of  said  Statute,  the  said
schooner  Seventh  Son  has  become  forfeited  to  the  uses  speci-
fied by  law.  Wherefore  the  Sjaid  Attorney  prays  advise-
ment of  the  Court  here  in  the  premises ;  and  for  monition
and  other  proper  process,  to  the  end,  that  the  same  may  be
decreed  to  be  and  reniain  forfeited  accordingly.
Andrew  Dunlap,
A^torn^qfthe  United  States  for  the
District  of  Massadimetts.
PRAOTTOAi*  J)OBMS.  4SS

Interrogatorieft  to  any  Claimant  or  Claimants  of  the  aboTc  nml

^irst  Do  you  know  any  thing  respecting  the  whaleb6ne
deacribed  in  the  foregmng  libel?  If  yea,  state  where  it  w^s
brought  from ;  what  was  paid  for  it ;  when  and  where  it
was  imported  into  the  United  States ;  what  it  sold  for  here ;
and  whether  it  was  or  was  not  landed  without  a  Custpm-
House  permit.
AnJ)B«W    DllfNI^AiPy

Attorney  of  the  United  States  for  the

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Answer.
dlbtbtct  coubt  of  the  united  states.   "
Massachusetts  District,  January  7tb,  1831.
United  States  v.  Schooner  Seventh  Son.
