New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-05-31
SEIZED For BUYING POTATOES.
AN AMERICAN VESSEL HELD FOR ONE DAY
THE POTATOES RETURNED TO THE NOVA sCOTIAN
WHO SOLD THEM.

WHO SOLD THEM.
HALIFAX May 80 (HpeGdD The enforce
Of tho Treaty OF 1918 is brought down to fne
point Gloucester fishing vessel. the Matthew Keany
CAPTAIN Dickson, put into Sourts. Prnoo Edwsrd's
Island few days and purchased ten bushels OF po
tatoea The subcOector OF customs ut that little
hamlet Immediately sozed the vessel but this pretext
was Amsy for ths authorities at ottawa; so. after
being under arrest twenty four hours Captain Dickson
ordered to return the potatoes to the person from
whom no purchased them and was thon released
warned against such nscrant" violations OF the treaty
In tho future. and ordered " leave port The cruiser
Owlot visited most OF tho batting stations near Csnso
but only saw one American fisherman, and having no
good to seize hcr only warned her to get outside
the three-me limit Tho flagship Lansdowne mas
returned to St John without capturing any prizes
around Grand Manan aud Campobeo. Bait
is In these disricts The maokore arc reporeu
have left tho American coast and are now penttui
along Nova Scotia shores, whore many American MACK
orc soiners looked for within the next three weeks
No steps havo yot been taken to flo defence III tno
case of the captured schooners Adams and Doughty
The frat thing to he done s for the owners or
counsel OF the captured vessels to give security
for tho cost OF their own condemnation his
is without harshest and most unrea'on
able requirements In connection with the law Inc re-
port that Wallace Graham. who is carrying on the CON
nscation proceedings. been appointed Judge ana
will try these is absurdy untrue. But some uhy
things Will happen In the trial before tho Admiralty
Court. The of the Adams was precisely siar 10
that OF the schooner W. NickersoD, which Sir william
Young confscaed sixteen years for buying bait IN
Canadian port The defence was then ably condnctea
by James Mcdonald. aided by Wallace Graham, WHO
Nicholas Mcagher assisted In preparing the prosecuton
At the trial OF Adams. McDonal wpresde as Chiet
Justice, while Mcagher will conduct the defence anu
Graham the prosecution Their positions and arEumen.s
will be exactly reversed. One OF the features Oh .o
appo nted by Secretary Bayard Foreign counsci s e
pressly prohibited by the rules OF the Admiralty Court
from practising In IT. Indeed, even counsel from the a
joining province OF NcwBrunswick cannot practise ~
the Nova ScOtlan courts Tho American lawyers VIII
be spectators at the trail IL lne
precedent set by Sir Charles Russeli
highlands present Attorney. General I'm excluding
General Roger A. Pryor from all active participation In
the defence OF ODonnel. who was hanged Tor Elilng
Carey, is followed at these trials the Nova scouam
counsel engaged by the American Fishery Union wiz
refuse to associate In any way with the gentlemen
selected by Secretary BaySrd
ee II the American fleet follows tho mackerel 10 the Nova
ScOuan predicted the next important duesuon
will be that OF heGdlands aud the three-ihio
limit. Where is the three mile limit and how is II 10 DC
defined Who is going to draw the exact line Saptan
the cruiser Owctt, obtained frou the man
ager OF the trap Fox Island evidence that bait
ased by two American fishermen ana he Will
seize them II lie can catch them.