United States v. Smith , 2 Wash. C. C. 310 ( 1808 )

THE COURT

informed Mr. Dallas, that this was not a landing of the coffee, so as to constitute an offense under the fiftieth section of the law; nor is the defendant charged with landing it. The twenty-seventh section, which makes the unlading an of-fence. applies only to the captain and mate.

THE COURT directed the jury to acquit the defendant, which they accordingly did.