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928 FEDERAL REFOBTBB. �necessary, however, in this case that I should determine how far the decree of forfeiture might affect persons, other than the owner, hav- ing liens on the Tessel, for the reason that I do not find the lien . claims in this case are established. In order to entitle the seamen to a maritime lien for their wages they must be innocent of all knowledge of, or participation in, the illegal voyage. St. Jago de Cuba, 9 Wheat. 409. �The law required that the vessel should have a license, and that its number should be displayed upon her sails. This law the sea- men, as well as others, were bound to know. Not seeing the num- bers on the sails, they knew, when they engaged in dredging in the waters of Maryland, that they were engaged in a prohibited employ- ment. �As to the lien claims of the material-men for repairs, I am obliged to hold them all defective for want of compliance with the require- ments of the state lien law. The only one whieh there bas been any serious attempt to sustain is that of the Chesapeake Marine Eailway, and that fails from not having been filed within the time prescribed by the law. �Libels dismissed, with cosis. I �END OF CASES IN VOL. 8 ��� �