Johnson, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court, as follows : — This case depends upon the principle established in the case against the coffee, the Bohlens, claimants, *The decision, as in that case, was founded r*. 1 " upon the ground of a sale to a bond fide purchaser, without notice. *- The decree of the circuit court of Massachusetts district, in this case, is, therefore, reversed, and the brigantine Mars adjudged forfeited to the United States.
Decree reversed.
The case of the United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee, ante, p. 898.