District Court, D. New Jersey March 5, 1900 (The Mary J. Robbins)

KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

After a careful consideration of the very contradictory testimony in this cause, I find the facts tó be that the schooner Robbins, a vessel of about 14 tons, was on December 23, 1897, forced by stress of weather to put into Assa-taague anchorage, on the coast of Virginia. It was not yet dark when she anchored in a cove which was regarded the safest part of the harbor.