Brenneman

The sole question involved in this case is the legality of the seizure for confiscation by the United States marshal of certain intoxicating liquors, at the time being in continuous transport by common carriers from the town of Fairbanks, in the territory of Alaska, to San Francisco, Cal., having been shipped in December, 1917, by the appellant, then the owner and lawfully possessed of them, from Fairbanks to San Francisco, to a consignee there *798 which had agreed to purchase the same from the' appellant. The liquors were due to arrive at Cordova, Alaska', in the' course of their transportation by the common carriers, prior to December 29, 1917, and were to be carried by ship from that port on that day to San Francisco; but the ship which was to receive them at Cordova and continue their carriage to destination did not reach Cordova until January 2, 1918, resulting in their seizure by the marshal, appellee here, January 1, 1918, or immediately thereafter.

By section 14 of the act of May 17, 1884, providing a civil government for Alaska ( 23 Stat. 24 , 28, c. 53), it was enacted that: “The importation, manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in said district except for…