passengers from Buffalo to Canada
and back, a distance of 12 or 15 miles
each way, for pay: Held, that she was
liable to the penalty imposed for a
violation of § 2 of the Act of July
7th, 1838, (5 U. S. Stat. at Large,
304,) in transporting passengers
without a license, and that she was
not entitled to the benefit of the ex-
emption created by § 42 of the Act
of August 30th, 1852, (10 Id. 75,) in
favor of a steamer used as a tug boat
or a towing boat. United States v.
The Echo,
Such exemption applies only to a
steamer while engaged in towing, or
in the business of towing, and not to
a steamer usually engaged in towing.
COLLISION, 1 to 5, 17, 21 to 25, 29.
30.
See ADMIRALTY, 1 to 8.
IMPRISONMENT for Debt.
2. What acts constitute treason and 2
misprision of treason, under the Act
VOL. IV.-38
1. It is a defence to an action of tres-
pass brought against an officer of the
Navy of the United States, for de-
stroying property by the bombard-
ment, by a naval vessel of the United
States of which he was in command,
of a town in a foreign country, that
he caused the place to be bombarded
in his capacity as such officer of the
Navy, by virtue of lawful and public
orders from the President of the
United States and the Secretary of
the Navy. Durand v. Hollins, 451
The interposition of the President to
protect abroad the lives and property
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