STANCROFT'S CARGO
WRIT SET ASIDE RULING AT GIBRALTAR (Received June 25, 11 a.m.) GIBRALTAR, June 24. The Chief Justice, holding that the i Supreme Court of Gibraltar has no jurisdiction, set aside a writ whereby the Crown claimed the condemnation of discharged cargo from the British steamer Stancroft, and also a warrant for the arrest of the vessel. The Court disallowed costs to the ' defendants, and did not order delivery of the goods, which are alleged to be worth £30,000. The Gibraltar correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" reported on May 13 that as the result of information received from the Non-intervention Board, the British destroyer Hyperion stopped the London steamer Stancroft on the high seas between Barcelona and Valencia and escorted her to Gibraltar, where her cargo was to be examined. The Stancroft was alleged to be carrying arms to Spain. Subse> quently it was announced that the ve* sel had been cleared of suspicion, no munitions being found on board.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 9
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161STANCROFT'S CARGO Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 148, 25 June 1938, Page 9
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