APPENDIX. 11 



ANNEX 2. 



Certified copy filed. 



IN THE EXCHEQUER COURT OF CANADA. 



NOVA SCOTIA ADMIRALTY DISTRICT, No. 73. 



OUR SOVEREIGN LADY THE QUEEN 



AGAINST 



THE SHIP FREDERICK GERRING Jr., 

 Her Cargo. Tackle, Rigging, Apparel, Furniture and Stores. 



Claim in behalf of Edward Morris of Gloucester in the United 

 States of America, the owner of the ship or vessel Frederick Gerring 

 Jr., her cargo, tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture and stores. 



1. I, John A. MacKasey of the City and County of Halifax 

 Commission Merchant, make oath and say as follows: 



2. I say the above named vessel with cargo, tackle, rigging, 

 furniture and stores, as I am informed and verily believe, has 

 recently been seized by the Captain of the Steamer Aberdeen, a 

 vessel belonging to the Dominion Government and employed 

 in the service of protecting the fisheries. 



3. That I am the agent of the owner of said schooner, her cargo 

 tackle, rigging, apparel, furniture and stores, in this behalf and as 

 his agent and for and in behalf of the said Edward Morris, the 

 owner of the vessel and goods so seized, claim the same as and 

 being his property and improperly seized by the Captain of 

 said Aberdeen, and that I am informed and to the best of my 

 knowledge and belief the said vessel did not in any way violate 

 any law or regulation of the Dominion of Canada or of any con- 

 vention made by the British Government, and that of the United 

 States of America or any law, regulation or convention made in 

 relation to the fisheries in British waters. 



4. That the said vessel is an American vessel schooner-rigged 

 and built in the year 1870 nnd belongs to Gloucester in the United 

 States of America. 



o. That the name of the said schooner is the Frederick Gerring Jr., 

 that her owner is Edward Morris of Gloucester aforesaid, and that 

 he resides therein, that his occupation is a Master Mariner and 

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