Legal Opinion
The Gray Jacket
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1867PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
72 U.S. 342 (____)
5 Wall. 342
THE GRAY JACKET.
Supreme Court of United States.
Mr. Ashton, Assistant Attorney-General, for the United States, and Mr. Eames, for the captors.
Mr. B.F. Butler, for the claimant: Mr. C. Cushing, being allowed leave to appear for the Treasury department.
2Opinion of the Court · SwayneJustice Swayne
This case comes before us by appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
In the night of the 30th of December, 1863, the steamer Gray Jacket was discovered running out of Mobile Bay by the gunboat Kennebee, one of the blockading fleet. The darkness of the night enabled the…
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