The Venice
Supreme Court of the United States
The schooner Venice, with a cargo of cotton, was captured in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by the United Stat’es ship-of-war Calhoun, on the 15th of May, 1862; was taken to Key West, libelled as a prize of war in the District Court, but was restored, with her cargo, to the claimant, Cooke, by its decree. The United States appealed.
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The schooner Venice, with a cargo of cotton, was captured in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, by the United Stat’es ship-of-war Calhoun, on the 15th of May, 1862; was taken to Key West, libelled as a prize of war in the District Court, but was restored, with her cargo, to the claimant, Cooke, by its decree. The United States appealed. The ease, as appearing from the proofs,* and from .the public history of the country, was in substance thus: The claimant, Cooke, was a- native British subject, and had resided, and been engaged in business, in New Orleans, without being naturalized as a citizen…
1Opinion of the Court
The CIIIEE JUSTICE
delivered the opinion.,of the court.
This cause comes before us upon appeal from a decree of the. District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida.
The schooner Venice, with a cargo of two hundred ahd twenty-five bales of cotton, was captured in Lake Pontchartrain by the United States ship-of-war Calhoun, on the -15th of May, 1862; vs as taken to Key West; was libelled as prize of war in the District Court; and was restored with her cargo, to the claimant., David G. Cooke, by its decree. The United States appealed. The claimant, Cooke,, was a British…
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