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THE NEWFOUNDLAND

No. 156.

176 U.S. 97 (1900)

THE NEWFOUNDLAND.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 1900.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Theodore G. Barker for appellants. Mr. G.A.R. Rowlings was on his brief.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for appellee. Mr. Joseph K. McCammon and Mr. James H. Hayden, for the naval captors, were on his brief.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

The Newfoundland, a British steamship, was seized of the coast of Cuba on 19th July, 1898, by the United States ship of war Mayflower, on the ground that she was trying to violate the blockade of Havana. She was sent to Charleston, South Carolina, and there libelled with her cargo as prize of war. Testimony was taken in preparatorio, and the court determined it to be insufficient for condemnation, and...

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