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Memorial of the United States in support of the claim.

This case consists of two claims, growing out of two separate detentions of the schooner Tattler, the first in the year 1904 and the second in the year 1905.

The Tattler at all of the times hereinafter mentioned was owned by American citizens and was registered in accordance with the laws of the United States at the port of Gloucester in the State of Massachusetts.1

First Claim.

In the month of May, 1904, the schooner Tattler sailed from Gloucester on a fishing voyage for cod and pollock, under the command of Joseph V. Bonia as master. The vessel was fully outfitted with stores, fishing gear, and supplies of every description, for a voyage of from five to six months.2

Just before the Tattler left Gloucester, Captain William J. Hudder, a personal friend of Captain Bonia, came on board, and requested that he be taken to some point in Nova Scotia, so that he could proceed to Port-au-Basque, Newfoundland, for the purpose of looking after the steamer Alice M. Jacobs, which was then ashore at that place. Captain Bonia consented merely as an accommodation to Captain Hudder and neither asked for nor received any compensation for the passage.'

Four or five days after leaving Gloucester, as the Tattler was passing Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, Captain Hudder requested to be put on shore. The Tattler entered Port Mulgrave, and the master immediately reported to the Custom House, explaining the circumstances and stating that he had entered solely for the purpose of landing Captain Hudder. To this the official in charge of the Custom House made no objection.*

1Appendix, pp. 11-15.

2

Appendix, pp. 17, 22, 23.