MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after making the above statement, delivered the opinion of the court.
We are unable to concur with the learned District Judge in the conclusion that the blockade of the port of San Juan at the time this steamship was captured was not an effective blockade.
To be binding the blockade must be known, and the blockading force must be present; but is there any rule of law determining that the presence of a particular force is essential...
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