United States v. Vogt

FRANK B. ELLIS, District Judge.

Before dawn on the morning of October 22, 1960, the 6200 gross ton Motorship Lorenzo Marcello was working its way up the Mississippi River towards the Port of New Orleans on a voyage that had commenced over a month earlier in Genoa, Italy, and had included calls to various Mediterranean, Atlantic, Caribbean and Gulf ports. The defendant, John Peter Vogt, a duly registered and qualified river pilot, was the compulsory licensed state pilot on the bridge. At the same time the Steamship Alcoa Corsair, with 51 passengers and 2700 tons of general cargo, was proceeding…