The Albert N. Hughes

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

The tug Albert N. Hughes, with the schooner Lawrence in tow on an 85-fathom hawser, was proceeding down the Delaware Bay on the evening of September 21, 1895, when the schooner Lawrence came in collision with the schooner Lottie K. Friend, riding at anchor. The Lottie K. Friend had her lights burning at the time, and is admittedly faultless. The only question presented to the court is whether the tug Hughes is responsible, for she alone has been libeled. The record shows that it was early in the morning, as the tug and tow were proceeding down the bay about in the…