Peter W. Princi (November 7, 1915 – August 10, 1984) was an attorney who served as Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston and as a United States magistrate judge.
During World War II he was a first lieutenant in the Army Intelligence Corps in Italy, Sicily and North Africa.
From 1949 to 1959 he was a member of the board of directors and secretary of the Lincoln Settlement House in Boston's South End.
[2] On September 13, 1961, Princi was appointed Collector of Customs for the Port of Boston by President John F.
[5] During his tenure Logan International Airport became a port of entry for foreign airfreight.
Princi recommended that Ellsberg be removed to California to face the indictment charging him with possession of the Pentagon Papers.
[2] He also presided over Susan Edith Saxe's appearance in federal court under a federal warrant, the arraignment of former state senator James A. Kelly, Jr., and set bail for the local PATCO president for his part in the 1981 air traffic controller strike.
[5] Princi died in his sleep on August 10, 1984, at the home of one of his daughters in Centerville, Massachusetts.