Case No. 13,384.

The STETTIN.

[Blatchf. Pr. Cas. 665.]¹

Circuit Court, S. D. New York.

Nov. 14, 1863.²

PRIZE—VIOLATION OF BLOCKADE.

Decree of the district court, condemning vessel and cargo for an attempt to violate the blockade, affirmed.

[Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New York.]

In admiralty.

NELSON, Circuit Justice. This steamer. with a cargo consisting of tea, coffee, brandies, lead, shoes, etc., was captured on the 24th of May, 1862, while attempting to break the blockade of the port of Charleston, South Carolina, by the United States steamer Bienville.

The proofs are full that the vessel was not only near the mouth of the harbor of Charleston at the time of her capture, but that she was intending to enter it, with full knowledge of the blockade. The vessel has been appraised and delivered to the government, and most of the cargo has been sold. The court below decrees a condemnation of the vessel and cargo. The decree of the court below is affirmed. [Case No. 13,383.]

¹ [Reported by Samuel Blatchford, Esq.]

² [Affirming Case No. 13,383.]

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