33 U.S.C. § 391

Summary trials authorized

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Whenever a complaint shall be made against any master, officer, or seaman of any vessel belonging, in whole or in part, to any citizen of the United States, of the commission of any offense, not capital or otherwise infamous, against any law of the United States made for the protection of persons or property engaged in commerce or navigation, it shall be the duty of the United States attorney to investigate the same, and the general nature thereof, and if, in his opinion, the case is such as should be summarily tried, he shall report the same to the district judge, and the judge shall forthwith, or as soon as the ordinary business of the court will permit, proceed to try the cause, and for that purpose may, if necessary, hold a special session of the court, either in term time or vacation.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1929–1929 · leading case: The G. K. Mellon, 30 F.2d 238 (2d Cir. 1929).

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The G. K. Mellon, 30 F.2d 238 (2d Cir. 1929). “She had failed to perceive that she was running into a dense fog, and failed to blow fog signals, as required by article 15 of the Inland Rules ,(33 USCA § 391), as found below; ignored the rule requiring her to reduce her speed before, as well as after, entering the fog; failed…”

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