Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal in admiralty, in a case of collision, from a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of New York.
The collision occurred on Long Island Sound, off Watch Hill light, on the Connecticut shore, between the schooner Oriana and the steamer Bay State, on the 13th of August, 1847, when the former was run down and sunk. The schooner was laden with coal, and...
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