United States v. Hamilton

NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal in admiralty from a decree of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, sustaining exceptions to the libel of information against the gas screw Violet and dismissing the libel.

The facts as found by the court are as follows:

“The gas screw ‘Violet’ on October 31, 1930, was licensed to carry on the coasting trade with her home port at Baltimore, Maryland. In the early morning of January 12,1931, the ‘Violet’ was discovered by Coast Guard Patrol Boat CG-221 in Chesapeake Bay running without lights. She was immediately hailed…