The Freddie L. Porter

Lowell, 0. J.

The decision of this case in the district court is reported in 5 Fed. Rep. 822, and 4 Fed. Rep. 8.9. The Hope, a small sloop loaded very deep with stone, was proceeding from Cape Ann to Boston on a fine moonlight night, and was close hauled on the starboard tack, when she was struck on the starboard quarter by the stem or bow of the large three-masted schooner Freddie L. Porter, bound from Boston to the Kennebec for a cargo of ice, and sailing with the wind aft. The burden is on the schooner to account for the collision consistently with' her innocence; and the defence is that…