THE HURON.
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poses of their business. And it is claimed to be unconstitutional in other particulars, wherein it is too comprehensive, as limiting the as a medicine, for ailments not arising from the use use of the of opium. It is claimed that opium, like spirits. in cases of delirium tremens, is often the only ,medicine that will save the life of 80 party suffering from excessive prior use. But the point already determined ' is sufficient for the purposes of this case. The party being in custody in violation of the constitution of the United States, this court has jurisdiction to discharge him on habeas corpus, notwithstanding the fact that he is held by authority of 80 judgmentof a state court, (Rev. St. § 753: Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241; S. O. 6 Sup. Ct. Rep. 734;) and the case is one in which this conrt, in the exercise ofa sound discretion, should discharge the petitioner, within the principles announced in that case. There are no reasons peculiar to the case that would justify putthe party to the expensive and tedious process of pursuing his remedy through all the state coprts: and, if necessary, by appeal to the supreme court at Washington, 3,000 miles away. To require this in 80 ease that seems, clellol;would be equivalent toa total denial of justice. "It would be far better for the petitioner to suffer the punishment imposed, and serVe Qut, his sentence, thau to uuderta.keso OuelQUSa. task for the vindication of his rights. Letthepetitiouer be discharged.
TUE HURON.1
(Di3eriet (Jourt, D. Ma88achu8ett8.
20, 1886.)
MA,1UTIME LIEN-'SUPPLIES-DEPARTtmE FROM:' PORT-FOREIGN PORT-'Pim; ST. MASS. Ca. 192, 15, " TOllustain It' ben for supplies furnished a vessel while in her home port, it is incumbent on the material-man, by Pub. St. Mass. c. 192, § 15, to file his
claim within' 'ibilr days after the departure of the vessel from the port at which she was when the debt was contracted. A cruise from Boston to Newport, though made in order to attend a regatta, is "a departure, " within the meaning of the act. As Newport was a foreign port, the libelant is entitled, under law, to alien for such of the supplies as were furnished after her arrival at that port, notwithstanding the fact that the goods were ordered from Newport at Boston, and were sent to the ya.cht a.t Newport by express.
In Admiralty. Libel in rem for supplies furnished partly in home and partly in a foreign port. O. F. ,Loring, for libelants. ,,' R. Stone, for claimant. 1
Reported by Theodore M, Etting, Esq., or the Philadelphia bar.
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FEDERAL REPORTER.
NELSON, J. This was a libel against the yacht-sloop Huron, owned by the late William Gray, for supplies furnished in the month of August la,st. Some of these supplies were furnished by the yacht in Boston, which was her home port, and a part were furnished after the yacht went to Newport on a pleasure excursion, to atten,d a regatta on August 6th. The statement of the claim required by the Massachusetts Public Statutes, e. 192, § 15, was not filed in the city clerk's office in Boston until more than four days after the yacht left for Newport. It was contended by the claimant that there was no lien upon the yacht for the supplies furnished. The court disallowed that part of the claim, which was for supplies furnished while the yacht was in Boston. It was decided, as to this part, that going'to Newport on a pleasure excursion was a departure from the port, within the meaning of the statute; which provides that the lien is dissolved unless a statement of the claim is filed at the clerk's office within four days after the departure of the vessel from the port at which she was when the debt was contracted. The Helen Brown, 28 Fed. Rep. 111. As to the part of the supplies which were furnished by the libelants while the yaoht was at Newport, the court beld that while at Newport she was in a foreign port, and, under the general admiralty law, the libelants oould claim a lien, although the goods were ordered from Newport at Boston, and were sent to the yacht at Newport by express. There was accordingly a decree for the libelants for that part of the supplies furnished in the sum of $93.94, and costs.
ARNOLD and others v. NATIONAL S. S. Co. 1 (DiSt'l'iotOOU'I't, S.D. NeuJ York. November 24, 1886.)
1.. CARRIER-DISOHARGE WHERE-LIABILITY.
OF CARGO-CUSTOMARY WHARF-DISOHARGB ELSE-
The customary discharge of goods by a carrier at its own wharf, 80 long as no good reason for a discharge elsewhere exists, thoug);l not without occasional discharges for cause at It different wharf, imports no such strict contract obligation to discharge at its own wharf as is violated by a discharge elsewhere, for good reasons,-such as that the usual dock was full.. 2. SAME-STATEMENT.
On the thirty·tirst of January, 1883. the dock of the National Steam-ship Company being occupied by other vessels, the steam-ship Egypt, of that line, discharged her cargo at the Inman dock, three blocks distant, where it was destroyed by tire. Libelant aHe!$ed that the loss occurred through the violation on the part of the steam-shIp company of its custom to discharge at its own wharf.. ',l'he proof showed that while it was the practice of the National line todisch,arge at their own dock, it was no invariable custom. The bills of lading provided simply for a delivery at the port of York. The Inman Company's pier was as good imd safe from fire as that of the National line, and nothing was shown in regard to the cause of the tire that especially connected it with the unloading at the Inman pier. Held,that the Nation.aICompany was not liable for the loss on the ground of violation of custom.
JReported by Edward G: Benedict, Esq., olthe New York bar.