Perkins v. Schooner Hercules

These are two libels; the first by the master, crew and owners of the schooner Charles S. Rogers, and the second by the owners of the cargo on board the schooner, against the steamer Hercules, for running into and sinking the schooner, off Cape Cod, three miles south-east of Highland Light, at half past two of the morning of May 31,1879. The night was clear, with the wind fresh from south south*926east. The schooner was standing north north-west, on her port tack, bound for Boston, at a speed of nine knots. The steamer was steaming in a south-easterly direction, at a speed of eight knots, on a…