The Olinde-Rodrigues
District Court, D. South Carolina
This was a proceeding instituted by the United States against the steamship Olinde-Bodrigues to procure her condemnation as prize of war for attempting to break the blockade of the port of San Juan, Porto Bico. *
1Opinion of the Court
BBAWLEY, District Judge.
Condemnation of the Olinde-Bodrigues is demanded on two grounds: (1) The entry into the blockaded port of San Juan, Porto Bico, on July 4, 1898, and departure therefrom on July 5th; (2) the attempt to enter the same port on July 17th. The cause is before me on the testimony taken by the prize commissioners in preparatorio, and by the practice of this court such testimony only is admissible upon this hearing. Certain depositions of officers and men from the United States cruiser New Orleans, taken de bene esse, were presented; but, the supreme court of the United States…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- The Sir William PeelSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
3Cited by1 opinion
- The Olinde RodriguesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1898