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THE BUENA VENTURA

No. 106.

175 U.S. 384 (1899)

20 S.Ct. 148

44 L.Ed. 206

THE BUENA VENTURA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 11, 1899.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Parker Kirlin for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for the United States.

Mr. Joseph K. McCammon and Mr. James H. Hayden, for the naval captors, were on Mr. Hoyt's brief.

Mr. George A. King and Mr. William B. King filed a brief for certain captors.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after stating the facts as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Buena Ventura was a Spanish merchant vessel in the peaceful prosecution of her voyage to Norfolk, Virginia, from Ship Island, in the State of Mississippi, when, on the morning of April 22, 1898, she was captured as lawful prize of war, of the existence of which, up to the moment of capture, all her officers were ignorant. She was not violating any blockade, carried neither...

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