heading for the land, and when in point of fact she was in the act of entering the port, the master then, instead of presenting the clearance for the port which he had passed, set up the pretence that his purpose was to inquire whether the blockade had been raised, and claimed that he must be first notified of a fact, which he knew when the ship sailed, before the capture could lawfully be made. Such a defence is without merit, and finds no support in any decided case, or in any acknowledged principle applicable to prize adjudications.
Inculpatory force of the evidence is much increased by the fact that the inception of the voyage is marked by a full knowledge of the existence of the blockade; and thatPoole: Cal's Jeff Tedford sinks to a new low in coaching tenure

By Monte Poole

Bay Area News Group

Posted:
11/20/2010 10:19:05 PM PST

Updated:
11/21/2010 10:09:47 AM PST

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Stanford cornerback Richard Sherman, left, celebrates with teammate safety Harold Bernard, right, after Sherman's interception against California during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Berkeley, Calif., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2010.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Minutes after the rain stopped, the trickling began, a few dozen folks at a time.

They were followed by a few hundred more. By the third quarter, thousands were rising from their seats and leaving Memorial Stadium, having glimpsed more than enough of the last scene they ever wanted to see.

Their Cal football team being bruised, blistered, battered and sent to its locker room.

By none other than Stanford,