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The Grotius
The Grotius, Sheafe, Master. Validity of capture. Question as to the validity of capture; one man only having been put on board; the ship’s papers and the navigation of the vessel being left to the master. Further proof ordered. Appeal from
The Joseph
The Joseph, Sargent, Master. Prize. — Hostile trade. Case of hostile trade. Not excused by the necessity of obtaining funds to pay the expenses of the ship; nor by the opinion of an American minister, expressed to the master, that by undert
The Hiram
The Hiram, Barker, Master. Enemy’s license. Sailing on a voyage, under the license and passport of protection of the enemy, in furtherance of his views or interests, constitutes such an act of illegality, as subjects the ship and cargo to c
The St. Lawrence
The St. Lawrence, Webb, Master. Trade with the enemy. — Suppression of papers. A vessel sailing to an enemy’s country, after knowledge of the war, and taken, bringing from that country a cargo, consisting chiefly of enemy goods, is liable t
The Thomas Gibbons
*The Thomas Gibbons, Rockwell, master. Pri/vateers. — Condemnation as prize of war. Under the 8th section of the prize act of Juue 26th, 1812, the president had full authority to issue the instruction of 28th August 1812. The commissions of
The Frances
The Frances, Boyer, Master: Irvin’s claim. Capture as prize. — Discharge of lien. No lien upon enemy’s property, by way of pledge for the payment of purchase-money, or otherwise, is sufficient to defeat the rights of the captors, in a prize
United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee
United States v. 1960 Bags of Coffee. Forfeiture. — Bond fide pm'chaser. The forfeiture of goods, for violation of the non-intercourse act of March 1st, 1809, takes place upon the commission of the offence, and avoids a subsequent sale to a
The Mary
The Mary, Stafford, Master. Wa/r.— Withdrawing funds. — Fu/rther proof. This was an appeal from the sentence of the United States Circuit Court for the district of Rhode Island. (Reported below, 8 Gallis. 620.) The following is a statement
The Euphrates
*The Euphrates. Prize court. — Further proof . Further proof, inconsistent with that already in the case, refused on the part of the claimant. This was an appeal from the sentence of the United States Circuit Court for the district of Rhode
Alexander v. Pendleton
Alexander and others v. Pendleton. Equity jurisdiction. — Notice.—Adverse possession. If the case be clear, a court of equity will interpose to quiet the title. A purchaser with notice is protected by his vendor’s want of notice, An adverse
The Frances
The Frances, Boyer, Master: Gillespie’s claim. Prise. — Domicil. The commercial domicil of a merchant, at the time of the capture of his goods, determines the character of those goods — hostile or neutral. This also ivas an appeal from the
The Frances
The Frances, Boyer, Master : Kennedy’s claim. Prize. — Question of fact. This was likewise a case of goods by the Frances, condemned in the Circuit Court of Rhode Island. They wore claimed by Duncan Kennedy, an American citizen, who appeale
The Frances
*The Frances, Boyer, Master: Dunham & Randolph’s claim. Prize goods. — Further proof. A case of further proof. Goods, shipped by a British to an American house (partly in conformity with orders, and partly without orders), who had an option
The Frances
*The Frances, Boyer, master: Thompson et al., claimants. Prize. — Domieil. A naturalized citizen, who, in time of peace, returns to his native country, for the purpose of trade, but with the intention of returning again to his adopted count
The Merrimack
The Merrimack. Prize of war. Goods purchased by British merchants, before the war between the United States and Great Britain, in pursuance of orders from American citizens, shipped to the agent of the British merchants, in the United State
The Venus
The Venus, Rae, Master. Prize of war. If a citizen of the United States establishes his domicil in a foreign country, between which and the United States hostilities afterwards break out, any property shipped by such citizen, before knowled
Carter's heirs v. Cutting
Carter’s heirs v. Cutting and wife. Appellate jurisdiction. An appeal lies to this court from the sentence of the circuit court of the district of Columbia, affirming the sentence of the orphans’ court of Alexandria county, which dismissed
Green v. Liter
John Green v. John Liter and others. Real actions.— Writ of right. The circuit courts of the United States have jurisdiction in writs of right, where the property demanded exceeds $500 in value and if, upon the trial, the demandant recover
The Adventure
The Adventure. Prize of war. — Salvage. The case of a vessel and cargo, belonging to a citizen of one belligerent nation, captured on the high seas, by a cruiser of the other belligerent, given to a neutral, and by him brought into a port,
The Aurora
The Aurora, Pike, master. Enemies' license. The acceptance and use of an enemy’s license, on a voyage to a neutral port, prosecuted in furtherance of the enemy’s avowed objects, is illegal, and subjects vessel and cargo to confiscation. It
The Julia
*The Julia, Luce, Master. Wa/r. — Enemy's license. The sailing on a voyage under the license and passport of protection of the enemy, in furtherance of his views or interests, constitutes such an act of illegality, as subjects the ship and
The Alexander
*The Alexander, Picket, Master. Prize of v:a,r. A vessel owned by citizens of the United States, sailed from Naples, in the year 1812, for the United States, with a cargo, and a British license to carry the same to England; on her passage,
The Rapid
*The Rapid, Terry, Master. War. — Trading with a/n enemy. After a declaration of war, an American citizen cannot lawfully send a vessel to the enemy’s country, to bring away his property. The Rapid, 1 Gallis. 295, affirmed. This was an appe
The Sally
*The Sally, Porter, Master. Prize. Property engaged in an illicit intercourse with the enemy, to be condemned to the captors, not to the United States.’ A municipal forfeiture, under the laws of the United States, is absorbed in the more ge
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