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P. White-Cooper appeared fis and Mz. W. ALE. Platt His Lordship gave judgment in thi Tease. The reading of the finding occupied shree-quarters of an hour, and we have ace in this issue for a summary only.
Lordship Srst ruled that the vessels ithin the rule that any yesso! overtaking another shall get out of the way of the other, and that the burden of proof was on the defendants to show an excuse for the collision. This burden the defen-had eadeavuured to discharge by rhe mail steamer at distance of about A quarter of a mile had not the cruiser sturvoarded ker hell in order to way of a junk, which w. en her (the cruiser's, port bow.
ement was put-at issue by the plain-and the evidence was very contliet-'The naval assewors were, however, clearly of opinion that the cruiser did not and after carefully considering reasons and the evidence his Lord= ship concurred. this conclusion was Uby the plans put in and also by a ich his Lordship deduced Ukat the collision could not have ureurred in the way suggested by the defendants, and that the distance be-een the two vers at the time the 1:0 have starboarded considerably less than aptes of India supposed. evidence in regard to the junk was used closely and the Assessors came he conclusion that there was no junk but that what was seen from the as the loon of the fore part of with the topmast housed. As out of the stern light of criser en the mail steamer's star-whi as another argument. in the theory that the cruiser had ed. the Court held that the first ing out to one point was explained sels being on parallel or d courses, while, as to the cause was that the wwerhanting the cruiser conversing with that two vessels being much realised on the mail statement entered in the A passenger repre-Court's opinion would elf to a spectator in the over-vessel when she arrived in the position he described with regard to the cxertaken vessel, the to vessels being ut cones. It was, however, the Qnangtai starboarded. found cant the collision out by the alteration of of the mail steamer at. 11.38 Is to cross the coune of the cruiser, failure thereafter to keep a proper The responsibility for this as on the officer of the watch on bridge, on whom it was the more cnuibent to keep a good look out in that he was hauling in his own vessel more closely to the course of the cruiser. His satisfied that he did not a good look out and that the collision wok place in consequence. The Court was further satiated that the colli-
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