The Francis

STORY, Circuit Justice.

The question now before the court arises out of the claim of Messrs. Dunham and Randolph of New York, who claim, as their own property, sundry bales of merchandize, shipped to them on board the Francis, by Alexander Thompson of Glasgow. The Francis sailed from Green-ock about the 19th of July, 1812, for New York, and on her passage was captured by the privateer Yankee, Oliver Wilson commander. By the papers on board, the goods appear to be shipped by Thompson, and consigned to the claimants. Several letters of Thompson accompany the bills of lading. In one of them,…