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THE HERRESHOFF

No. 1562.

6 F.2d 414 (1925)

THE HERRESHOFF.

District Court, D. Rhode Island.

June 24, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman S. Case, U. S. Atty., and Harold A. Andrews, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Providence, R. I.

Daniel T. Hagan and Chas. A. Kiernan, both of Providence, R. I., for defendant.

MORTON, District Judge.

The Herreshoff, a powerful motorboat registered as a yacht, was sighted by the Coast Guard boat at 9:30 p. m. on October 11, 1924, in the western entrance to Narragansett Bay. She was chased into the bay for 20 or 25 miles by the Coast Guard boat, which was firing on her from time to time. She was finally run ashore, riddled with bullet holes, and her crew escaped. She was loaded with about 400 cases of whisky and champagne. No evidence was...

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